Greece: Human traffickers walk free from court

Four individuals, including the former owner of a bakery chain, were served suspended sentences ranging from 10 to 12.5 years by a criminal appeals court on Tuesday for human trafficking. The four, who were tried in a case of sexual trafficking ring that provided women to nightclub and stripjoint clients, included the leader of the …

FEMNET Statement on Abduction of Girls in Chibok, Nigeria

We the members of the FEMNET Board, Secretariat as well as Members comprising of women’s rights activists and organizations from over 42 countries in Africa as well as from the Diaspora condemn in the strongest possible terms the abduction, proposed sale of young girls and the sluggish response of the Government of Nigeria to take …