August 12, 2015
Categories: Slavery
Tags: DR, forced labor, sugar
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24P4zf9m1Vc[/embedyt] On the Caribbean island of the Dominican Republic, tourists flock to pristine beaches, with little knowledge that a few miles away thousands of dispossessed Haitians are under armed guard on plantations harvesting sugarcane, most of which ends up in US kitchens. Cutting cane by machete, they work 14 hour days, 7 days a …
May 15, 2015
Categories: Slavery
Tags: imperialism, slavery
Haïti : Mentalité d’esclave et régime politico-économique Source: www.alterpresse.org Haïti : Mentalité d’esclave et régime politico-économique See on Scoop.it – Restavek
May 11, 2015
Categories: Slavery
Tags: slavery
For me, 12 Years a Slave offered too many modern parallels for the 175th birthday of Anti-Slavery International – of which I am a proud patron – to prompt anything other than renewed effort • 175 years of campaigning for freedom – in pictures A child domestic worker in Haiti. Anti-Slavery International was formed 175 …
Steve McQueen: Anti-Slavery’s 175th anniversary is nothing to celebrate Read More »
August 11, 2014
Categories: Justice, Missions, Recipients, Restavek, Slavery
Tags: abuse, court, justice, police, Restavek, trials
Vendredi 11 Juillet 2014Ayiti Now Corp went to the Haitian National Police in Saint Marc, Haiti and reported an incident of abuse supported with photo and video.The Chief of the Police instructed the Brigade De Protection Des Mineurs (BPM) to take Ayiti Now Corp to the house of Marie Maude Joseph (abuser)(Impasse Joseph #2, Saint …
Slavery is acknowledged and unpunished in Saint Marc. Day of injustice. Read More »
January 18, 2014
Categories: Human Rights, Slavery
Tags: brazil
See on Scoop.it – 501c3 The South American country was the last place in the Americas to abolish slavery. Alex Lizzappi‘s insight: Photos Reveal Harsh Detail Of Brazil’s History With Slavery See on www.npr.org