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Sri Lanka placed in human trafficking watchlist by US
Wednesday, 13 June 2007 - 10:53 PM SL Time
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US Middle East allies Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar, as well as key trading partner Malaysia were added Tuesday to a Washington blacklist of countries trafficking in people.
Algeria and Guinea were the other additions to the blacklist of the US State Department`s annual `Trafficking in Persons Report,` which analyzed efforts in about 164 countries to combat trafficking for forced labor, prostitution, military service and other purposes.
The seven countries, all of whom 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 of human trafficking.
Being on the blacklist, they could face sanctions, including the withholding by the United States of non-humanitarian, non-trade related foreign aid.
Countries that receive no such foreign assistance would be subject to withholding of funding for participation by government officials in educational and cultural exchange programs.
Launching the 236-page report, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice cited `disturbing evidence` that prosecution of human trafficking cases had leveled off across the globe.
In countries with major human trafficking problems, `only a couple` of traffickers were brought to justice,` she said. `This cannot and must not be tolerated.`
US government research shows 800,000 people are trafficked across national borders, about 80 percent of them women and girls and up to half minors, the State Department said. The majority of transnational victims are females trafficked into commercial sexual exploitation, it said.
The wealthy Middle East nations added to the blacklist this year were largely accused of mistreating foreign workers, which they heavily rely on.
`It is especially disappointing that so many wealthy countries in the Near East that aren`t lacking resources to make significant progress are on Tier 3, for example Saudi Arabia for the third consecutive year,` said Mark Lagon, Rice`s senior advisor on the human trafficking problem.
He said weak foreign workers` sponsorship laws in these countries made the guests `vulnerable` to abuse in both private homes and work sites. Some victims who reported abuses were instead `held hostage,` sometimes for years, in police centers.
Malaysia was cited for `failure to show satisfactory progress` in areas such as punishing acts of trafficking, providing adequate shelters and social services to victims and protecting migrant workers from involuntary servitude, the report said.
`The Malaysian government needs to demonstrate stronger political will to tackle ... significant forced labor and sex trafficking problems,` it said.
India, which has the world`s worst human trafficking problem and been on a watch list for the fourth consecutive year with Russia and Mexico, received a specific warning that it could be relegated further to the black list if it failed to contain the problem.
`The world`s largest democracy has the world`s largest problem of human trafficking,` Lagon said, warning the Indian government that `reassessment is a distinct possibility.`
China, Armenia and South Africa were on the watchlist for the third consecutive year.
Singapore, which had been in the Tier 1 list, was relegated to Tier 2 this year. It `does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking,` the report said.
The Singaporean parliament was urged to approve proposed amendments that would criminalize prostitution involving minors, extend extra-territorial jurisdiction over Singaporean citizens involved in sexual services from minors overseas, and make promoting child sex tours a criminal offense.
Sri Lanka was placed on the watchlist for `its failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to address trafficking.`
Bolivia, Brazil, Indonesia, Israel, Taiwan, Peru and Jamaica made `significant efforts` to combat the trafficking problem and have been removed from the watchlist, officials said.
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RU - 13 Jun 2007 16:01:37 GMT Report for Abuse
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Great, we are on all of their lists.
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GB - 13 Jun 2007 16:11:19 GMT Report for Abuse
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Article: Sri Lanka placed in human trafficking watchlist by US
Wednesday, 13 June 2007 - 10:53 PM SL Time
1)srilanka is a failed state (see the failed state list)
2)Sri Lanka placed in human trafficking watchlist by US
3)Sri Lanka ranked 111th on Global Peace Index out of 121 Countries .
thanks to the 2.5 million Tamils inland and 1 million Tamils abroad!! he he he he,,,
surly the special *WE TAMILS* must know one or two things about *HOW TO KEEP THE 18 MILLION SINHALESE ON THEIR TOES*!! he he he he,,,,
please feel free to add any more to the list??
thats what this LNP space is for!!
*SRI LANKA ,,,, LIKE IT OR LUMP IT*
Edited By - tigeress19 - 13 Jun 2007 16:20:40 GMT |
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CA - 13 Jun 2007 16:13:47 GMT Report for Abuse
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Another list ?? :)
these people need jobs so they maintain many defferent lists...lol |
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GB - 13 Jun 2007 16:18:36 GMT Report for Abuse
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these people need jobs so they maintain many defferent lists...lol
shall we atleast by now LEARN TO heed the message instead of attacking the messenger?
Edited By - tigeress19 - 13 Jun 2007 16:27:11 GMT |
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GB - 13 Jun 2007 16:26:18 GMT Report for Abuse
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Being on the blacklist, they could face sanctions, including the withholding by the United States of non-humanitarian, non-trade related foreign aid.
Sri Lankan Govt minister was caught as the coordinator of issuing false passports and visas to migrate to USA. Many EPDP cadres are sent to UK to carry out clandestine activities against the minority Tamils and distrupt their meetings.
Sri Lanka was placed on the watchlist for 'its failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to address trafficking.'
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GB - 13 Jun 2007 16:31:07 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Police are yet to record the statement of Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Jeevan Kumaratunga, who had confirmed that he permitted his Ministry office to be used by supporters to provide foreign jobs which has now turned out to be a multi-billion rupee job scam.- The Sunday Times of SL |
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GB - 13 Jun 2007 16:33:03 GMT Report for Abuse
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MAKASO
these people need jobs so they maintain many defferent lists...lol
these lists works as a yard stick to measure the accuracy/level of democracy practiced in that concerned country!! |
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SE - 13 Jun 2007 16:39:14 GMT Report for Abuse
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| Guys.. This Mihin-air threat also very active..U can have a look..Its even more fun than this.. |
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SE - 13 Jun 2007 16:42:58 GMT Report for Abuse
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Hi jana,
I went there....nothing else, it is a reflection of the summer. |
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