Allies on human trafficking blacklist
The US’ Middle East allies Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar, as well as Malaysia were added today to a Washington blacklist of countries trafficking in people, the State Department said.Algeria and Guinea were the other additions to the blacklist of the State Department’s annual ‘Trafficking in Persons Report,’ which analysed efforts in about 150 countries to combat trafficking for forced labor, prostitution, military service and other purposes.
The seven countries, all of which were on a special watch list last year, join Myanmar, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Uzbekistan and Venezuela in the dreaded ‘Tier 3′ list as the worst offenders in human trafficking.
Good. I don’t believe that just because a nation is working with us in other areas they deserve a pass on this issue. We owe it to the victims of this sort of thing to call it what it is and make it clear that we do not approve of these practices.
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