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    Topic: Reasons for the increase in illegal organ harvesting Human trafficking is no doubt one of the biggest violations of human rights. As mentioned in the Declaration of Human Rights Article 3, everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person. When one of the most basic rights is violated, the possibility that other rights would be followed through might be at a loss. Among the deeds that are categorized under human trafficking include slavery, sex trafficking, child trafficking…

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    I believe these women, just as many other immigrants, come to the United States in pursuit of better life. Poverty, unemployment, inequality in China must have driven them to come here. They could have been attracted by the prospects of getting a well-paying job, an opportunity to send money to their families at home or a chance of marrying and American citizen and becoming citizens themselves. They could have been lured into the country by the stories of success they have heard from the people…

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    Lyn M. Bechtel discusses Genesis 34, which is a controversial verse in the Bible because it might involve rape. Genesis 34 tells a story of two young people, Dinah and Shechem, in which Shechem has sexual intercourse with Dinah and it is perceived by biblical scholars and other readers to be non consensual, therefore, classified as rape. The girl, Dinah, is Jacob's daughter, who is unmarried and not bonded to any other at time time of intercourse. Many scholars believe that the intercourse…

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    The “Fresh Start Program” is a two year program that provides insight on the quality of life for women that engage in prostitution. There is a consensus among society that prostitutes have a history of being sexually, emotionally, and physically abused as children or young woman. Unfortunately, most of these woman begin to use drugs to negate the pain. Typically, the women sell their bodies to get the money to buy drugs. The Fresh Start is designed to address the specific needs and difficult…

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    gave her daughter over to a procurer, otherwise known as a pimp in order to receive money for sustenance and with the death of her daughter her meal ticket had evaporated. In this case, there is no objection to the mother placing her daughter into prostitution or even disgust, though Keenan does explain that the descriptors of the old woman are the stereotypical ‘penniless old hag.’ In the end, execution was Diodemos fate for having shamed his seat in the Senate at Alexandria. So, even though…

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    Baz Dreisinger had a vision: she wanted to travel around the world to expose the hidden places and forgotten people. Around 10.3 million people worldwide are in prisons, many convicted of nothing, waiting years to be tried. Many of them lack access to adequate legal assistance, and are confined in lockboxes of human emotion. Baz starts her novel by exposing some disturbing facts about the American criminal justice system. Most notable to me was the fact that it costs $88,000 per year to…

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    I broke this portion of my report up to study the real effects of both the victims and our communities (Montgomery Media News). When considering sex trafficking, it’s easy to name the impact it has on the victim. The victims are often stripped entirely of rights, freedom, and humanity. Women are beaten when they disobey the pimp or try to escape. There are countless reports of victims subjected to emotional abuse, in addition to physical battery and rape. This is the kind of harm that we, as…

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    The usual rancid smell of cigarette smoke, alcohol and other things of which I don't want to name, hit my nostrils has soon as I enter the bar. Used the familiar stench, I don't gag or choke like most of the teenagers that, unfortunately, find themselves here. I find my usual seat in the back left corner of the bar, farthest away from public eye. I casually walk there, while taking off my black leather jacket. No matter how hard I try to blend into the crowd, I will still be thrown the accusing…

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    In Born Blue, the reader learns that the use of drugs do not solve problems, but create new ones. Drugs and alcohol have been misused by almost all of Leshaya's friends and family as a temporary fix for their issues. “ Your mama wasn’t sick with amnesia. She’s a drug addict, she takes drugs-Heroin” (38,Nolan). As a result of all the bad influences in her life, like her Mama Linda, Leshaya was steered into officially becoming a party girl at the age of twelve. Leshaya used drugs to get away from…

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    Source C is the front cover of an issue of ‘The Suffragette’, a magazine produced by the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU), and edited by the Suffragette Christabel Pankhurst. This issue of the magazine was produced on the 13th June 1913. From my own knowledge, I know this was a fairly popular magazine, as it came out weekly, and there were about 17,000 issues in circulation each week. I also know that the Home Office tried to suppress the magazine, but as it was so popular, they only…

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