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Slavery: Can You Spot It Outside the Cinema?

Categories: Articles:Human Rights | Published: 22/01/2013 | Views: 1356

Have you been to the cinema lately? If so, there are a few syllables that won’t have escaped your attention. Lincoln and Django – two big budget films on slavery, from some of the biggest names in Hollywood. A great boost to public awareness, right?  Well, not exactly. With all this buzz about the past, it’s dangerously easy to forget that slavery is the stuff of present headlines as well as history books. A recent poll has found that 75% of the population do not consider human trafficking a ‘widespread problem’ at all. Meanwhile, the trial of a nine-man ring of suspected sex-traffickers from Oxford paints a bleaker picture.

 



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