June 2011
Ignorance,: Amnesty International →
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I actually remember the first time I learnt of Amnesty. In my middle school years I went to an Anglican school where one day we came into Chapel. There was a candle with pipecleaner type material twirled across it. That was the very first time I really saw the amnesty symbol so to speak.
Since…
“There is a light in this world, a healing spirit more powerful than any darkness we may encounter. We sometimes lose sight of this force when there is suffering, too much pain. Then suddenly, the spirit will emerge through the lives of ordinary people who hear a call and answer in extraordinary ways.”
—Mother Teresa
Nigerian 'baby farm' raided – 32 pregnant girls rescued →
guardian.co.uk
Nigerian police have raided an alleged “baby farm” where teenage mothers were forced to give up their newborns for sale to human traffickers.
Thirty-two pregnant girls were rescued from a maternity home run by a trafficking ring in the southern city of Aba, police said.
The girls, mostly of school age, were allegedly locked up at the Cross Foundation clinic so they could produce babies to be sold for illegal adoption or for use in ritual witchcraft.
Bala Hassan, the Abia state police commissioner, said: “We stormed the premises of the Cross Foundation in Aba three days ago following a report that pregnant girls aged between 15 and 17 are being made to make babies for the proprietor.
“We rescued 32 pregnant girls and arrested the proprietor, who is undergoing interrogation over allegations that he normally sells the babies to people who may use them for rituals or other purposes.”
“The global market of child trafficking is estimated to be at over $12 billion a year with over 1.2 million child victims.”
—UNICEF
