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Racist Texts Referencing Slavery Sent To Black People Across US, FBI Starts Probe
These offensive messages have been reported in more than a dozen states, including California, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Michigan, North Carolina, Virginia, and Alabama.
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Google Removes 'Slavery Simulator' Game From Play Store After Racism Outcry in Brazil
Google has removed a Portuguese-language game that allowed players to trade and torture Black virtual "slaves" while strategising to block the abolition of slavery. The move came after a racism outcry in the country, and the prosecutor's office has opened a "hate speech" probe into the game downloaded by hundreds of people.
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Clothing Factory In UK Faces Modern Slavery Probe
A clothing factory named Jaswal Fashions based in the eastern England city of Leicester faces a modern slavery investigation after an undercover reporter alleged sweatshop-like conditions and below minimum wage payments to its workers, many of them from India.
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Woman Running Shelter For Wartime Sex Slaves Found Dead In South Korea
A woman running a shelter for South Korean victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery has been found dead in her home, police said Sunday, amid a corruption probe involving the facility.
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Yazidis Urge International Criminal Court to Open Probe Into Islamic State Atrocities
Iraq's Yazidi minority -- the target of brutal attacks from the Islamic State group -- urged the International Criminal Court today to launch probes into the militants for genocide and sexual slavery.
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Racist Texts Referencing Slavery Sent To Black People Across US, FBI Starts Probe
These offensive messages have been reported in more than a dozen states, including California, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Michigan, North Carolina, Virginia, and Alabama.
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Google Removes 'Slavery Simulator' Game From Play Store After Racism Outcry in Brazil
Google has removed a Portuguese-language game that allowed players to trade and torture Black virtual "slaves" while strategising to block the abolition of slavery. The move came after a racism outcry in the country, and the prosecutor's office has opened a "hate speech" probe into the game downloaded by hundreds of people.
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Clothing Factory In UK Faces Modern Slavery Probe
A clothing factory named Jaswal Fashions based in the eastern England city of Leicester faces a modern slavery investigation after an undercover reporter alleged sweatshop-like conditions and below minimum wage payments to its workers, many of them from India.
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Woman Running Shelter For Wartime Sex Slaves Found Dead In South Korea
A woman running a shelter for South Korean victims of Japan's wartime sexual slavery has been found dead in her home, police said Sunday, amid a corruption probe involving the facility.
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Yazidis Urge International Criminal Court to Open Probe Into Islamic State Atrocities
Iraq's Yazidi minority -- the target of brutal attacks from the Islamic State group -- urged the International Criminal Court today to launch probes into the militants for genocide and sexual slavery.
