ADHRB Weekly Newsletter 60

Event Summary: Combating Migrant Labor Abuses & Ending Human Trafficking in the Gulf

 

8 July, 2014 — Washington, D.C. — Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), in conjunction with the Solidarity Center of the AFL-CIO, hosted a briefing on Capitol Hill titled “Modern Day Slavery: What the U.S. Government and the International Community Can Do to Combat Migrant Labor Abuse and End Human Trafficking in the Gulf.” The event was cosponsored by ADHRB and the Solidarity Center of the AFL-CIO, and included participants from Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International.
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