http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/trafficked-mexican-sex-slaves-seduced-and-sold-to-u-s/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/trafficked-mexican-sex-slaves-seduced-and-sold-to-u-s/#comments Wed, 23 May 2012 16:22:48 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=134426 BBC: Every year thousands of women are forced into prostitution and traded from Mexico to the United States. The BBC investigates the sex trafficking business, which makes some men very wealthy at the expense of vulnerable young women. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/23/trafficked-mexican-sex-slaves-seduced-and-sold-to-u-s/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/canada-feds-seek-to-appeal-sex-trade-ruling-on-bawdy-houses/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/canada-feds-seek-to-appeal-sex-trade-ruling-on-bawdy-houses/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:28:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132145 TheStar.com: The federal government is looking to appeal a sex-trade ruling that essentially legalized bawdy houses. Justice Minister Rob Nicholson says the government believes the Supreme Court of Canada needs to provide a binding, national decision. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/25/canada-feds-seek-to-appeal-sex-trade-ruling-on-bawdy-houses/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/20/ny-times-debate-is-prostitution-safer-when-it%e2%80%99s-legal/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/20/ny-times-debate-is-prostitution-safer-when-it%e2%80%99s-legal/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:48:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131669 Here. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/20/ny-times-debate-is-prostitution-safer-when-it%e2%80%99s-legal/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/afghanistan-sees-rise-in-%e2%80%98dancing-boys%e2%80%99-exploitation/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/afghanistan-sees-rise-in-%e2%80%98dancing-boys%e2%80%99-exploitation/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:40:00 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130693 Washington Post: The exploitation of Afghanistan’s ‘dancing boys’: A growing number of Afghan children are being coerced into a life of abuse as a result of the practice of wealthy or prominent Afghans exploiting underage boys as sexual partners. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/09/afghanistan-sees-rise-in-%e2%80%98dancing-boys%e2%80%99-exploitation/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/03/sex-rights-for-children-the-right-to-child-rape/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/03/sex-rights-for-children-the-right-to-child-rape/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:58:46 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130337 Turtle Bay and Beyond: As the UN considers creating “sexual rights” for children as young as 10, a court in Brazil shows what this would mean. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/03/sex-rights-for-children-the-right-to-child-rape/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/03/brazilian-court-acquits-child-molester-says-twelve-year-old-girls-were-prostitutes/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/03/brazilian-court-acquits-child-molester-says-twelve-year-old-girls-were-prostitutes/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:25:39 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130292 LifeSiteNews: A Brazilian federal appeals court has ruled that a child molester who committed sex acts with three twelve-year-old girls was not guilty of rape because, “the victims were far from innocent.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/03/brazilian-court-acquits-child-molester-says-twelve-year-old-girls-were-prostitutes/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/29/judicial-activism-not-limited-to-u-s-ontario-prostitution-ruling/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/29/judicial-activism-not-limited-to-u-s-ontario-prostitution-ruling/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:53:39 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129926 One News Now: A pro-family leader in Canada says a case in Ontario illustrates why the Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper must take steps to rein in judicial activism. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/29/judicial-activism-not-limited-to-u-s-ontario-prostitution-ruling/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/26/ontario-court-of-appeal-issues-mixed-ruling-in-challenge-to-canadas-prostitution-laws/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/26/ontario-court-of-appeal-issues-mixed-ruling-in-challenge-to-canadas-prostitution-laws/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:31:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=129588 Bedford v. Canada otherwise known as the Prostitution Challenge. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/03/26/ontario-court-of-appeal-issues-mixed-ruling-in-challenge-to-canadas-prostitution-laws/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/19/indiana-leaders-seek-sex-trafficking-crackdown/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/19/indiana-leaders-seek-sex-trafficking-crackdown/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:30:36 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121183 AP: Indiana political leaders are looking to fast-track sex-trafficking legislation before football fans flood Indianapolis for the Super Bowl. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/19/indiana-leaders-seek-sex-trafficking-crackdown/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/14/google-donating-11-5m-to-fight-modern-slavery/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/14/google-donating-11-5m-to-fight-modern-slavery/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:18:14 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120807 News from The Associated Press: "Many people are surprised to learn there are more people trapped in slavery today than any time in history," said Jacquelline Fuller, director of charitable giving and advocacy for Google. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/14/google-donating-11-5m-to-fight-modern-slavery/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/07/china-rescues-178-children-in-trafficking-bust/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/07/china-rescues-178-children-in-trafficking-bust/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:14:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120215 News from The Associated Press: Chinese police arrested 608 suspects and rescued 178 children in busts of two separate child trafficking networks, authorities said Wednesday. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/07/china-rescues-178-children-in-trafficking-bust/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/06/french-lawmakers-eye-punishment-for-clients-of-prostitutes-in-bid-to-end-%e2%80%98oldest-profession%e2%80%99/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/06/french-lawmakers-eye-punishment-for-clients-of-prostitutes-in-bid-to-end-%e2%80%98oldest-profession%e2%80%99/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:27:06 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120156 The Washington Post: French lawmakers are expected to pass a symbolic resolution that would condemn prostitution as linked to human trafficking and violence before beginning debate on a tough proposed law that would punish clients. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/06/french-lawmakers-eye-punishment-for-clients-of-prostitutes-in-bid-to-end-%e2%80%98oldest-profession%e2%80%99/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/05/clinton-orders-review-of-visa-program-used-for-sex-trafficking/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/05/clinton-orders-review-of-visa-program-used-for-sex-trafficking/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:32:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120022 (AP) Boston.com: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has ordered an "extensive and thorough review" of a foreign exchange program that has been used by U.S. businesses as a source of cheap labor and exploited by criminals to import women to work in the sex industry. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/05/clinton-orders-review-of-visa-program-used-for-sex-trafficking/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/01/differing-laws-on-trafficking-impede-us-crackdown/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/01/differing-laws-on-trafficking-impede-us-crackdown/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:44:09 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=119749 News from The Associated Press: A new report says 41 states have failed to adopt strong penalties against human trafficking, and advocates say a patchwork of differing state laws makes it difficult for authorities to target the crime. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/01/differing-laws-on-trafficking-impede-us-crackdown/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/27/south-korean-credit-policies-responsible-for-increased-trafficking-and-prostitution-in-the-u-s/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/27/south-korean-credit-policies-responsible-for-increased-trafficking-and-prostitution-in-the-u-s/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:19:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=117064 South Korea: Unlike most other countries, credit card users in South Korea have no option to pay off their debt over months or even years. Instead, they must pay off the full balance in 30 days, which makes it easy for borrowers “paying 25% plus annual interest rates to fall behind.” It is not uncommon for lenders to take possession or even repossess borrowers homes to pay their debts. When a poor woman like You Mi Kim, becomes delinquent, she often turns to private lenders for quick cash. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/27/south-korean-credit-policies-responsible-for-increased-trafficking-and-prostitution-in-the-u-s/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/12/use-of-surrogate-sex-partners-rising-among-women/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/12/use-of-surrogate-sex-partners-rising-among-women/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:21:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=113205 Fox News: Sex therapists talk with their patients to help them confront their sexual problems and improve their sex lives. But some patients need more than talk therapy. They need practice in the bedroom, and have no spouse or partner to turn to. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/12/use-of-surrogate-sex-partners-rising-among-women/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/01/prostitute-tax-meters-imposed-in-germany/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/01/prostitute-tax-meters-imposed-in-germany/#comments Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:07:30 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=112512 The Independent: Prostitutes in the German city of Bonn must carry a ticket purchased from a new parking meter-like machine while working the streets or face hefty fines from tax authorities in a scheme launched on last Monday. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/01/prostitute-tax-meters-imposed-in-germany/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/10/confronting-human-trafficking-in-georgia/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/10/confronting-human-trafficking-in-georgia/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:25:34 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=110415 Ga. Family Council: Many Georgians are shocked to find out that Atlanta is one of the nation's top places for sex trafficking, where men and women (and children) are trapped in prostitution. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/10/confronting-human-trafficking-in-georgia/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/06/2nd-circuit-u-s-cannnot-condition-aids-funding-on-anti-prostitution-pledge/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/06/2nd-circuit-u-s-cannnot-condition-aids-funding-on-anti-prostitution-pledge/#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:40:18 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=107649 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/06/2nd-circuit-u-s-cannnot-condition-aids-funding-on-anti-prostitution-pledge/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/15/canada-anti-prostitution-laws-unethical-court-told/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/15/canada-anti-prostitution-laws-unethical-court-told/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:55:38 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=106483 Toronto Star: Canada’s anti-prostitution laws were enacted for the mundane purpose of keeping neighbourhoods clear of hookers and johns and not to prevent women from being exploited, as the federal government claims, the Ontario Court of Appeal was told Wednesday. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/15/canada-anti-prostitution-laws-unethical-court-told/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/14/landmark-prostitution-case-hits-ontario%e2%80%99s-appeal-court/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/14/landmark-prostitution-case-hits-ontario%e2%80%99s-appeal-court/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:34:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=106359 LifeSiteNews.com: The Ontario Appeals Court began hearings today on a landmark case that could see prostitution decriminalized in the province. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/14/landmark-prostitution-case-hits-ontario%e2%80%99s-appeal-court/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/03/lesbian-prostitutes-in-prague-abusive-men-and-broken-homes/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/03/lesbian-prostitutes-in-prague-abusive-men-and-broken-homes/#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2011 22:10:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=105518 Lesbians | Prostitutes | Sex Workers: Because of greater plasticity of female sexuality, he says, “Some women who have had bad experiences with men might seek tenderness and love from women, even though their natural preference might be heterosexual.” . . . There is another complicating factor, experts here say: broken homes. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/03/lesbian-prostitutes-in-prague-abusive-men-and-broken-homes/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/02/india-she%e2%80%99s-10-and-now-may-be-sold-to-a-brothel/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/02/india-she%e2%80%99s-10-and-now-may-be-sold-to-a-brothel/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 16:39:05 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=105299 NYTimes.com: M. is an ebullient girl, age 10, who ranks near the top of her fourth-grade class and dreams of being a doctor. Yet she, like all of India, is at a turning point, and it looks as if her family may instead sell her to a brothel. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/06/02/india-she%e2%80%99s-10-and-now-may-be-sold-to-a-brothel/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/19/escort-services-file-lawsuit-over-sex-solicitation-law/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/19/escort-services-file-lawsuit-over-sex-solicitation-law/#comments Thu, 19 May 2011 19:59:16 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=104128 Deseret News: "Two Salt Lake escort services have filed suit in federal court, charging that a new law that makes it easier to arrest individuals for sexual solicitation is unconstitutional and should be struck down." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/19/escort-services-file-lawsuit-over-sex-solicitation-law/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/18/third-of-berlin-university-students-consider-sex-work/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/18/third-of-berlin-university-students-consider-sex-work/#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 17:13:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=103942 Reuters: One in three university students in the German capital would consider sex work as a means to finance their education, a study from the Berlin Studies Center said Wednesday. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/05/18/third-of-berlin-university-students-consider-sex-work/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/29/sex-trafficking-in-the-u-s-called-%e2%80%98epidemic%e2%80%99/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/29/sex-trafficking-in-the-u-s-called-%e2%80%98epidemic%e2%80%99/#comments Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:42:45 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=102408 Washington Times: Sex trafficking is so widespread, said Nathan Wilson, founder of the Project Meridian Foundation in Arlington, which helps police identify traffickers and their victims, that “no country, no race, no religion, no class and no child is immune.” He said 1.6 million children younger than 18 — native and foreign-born — have been caught up in this country’s sex trade. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/29/sex-trafficking-in-the-u-s-called-%e2%80%98epidemic%e2%80%99/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/27/what-about-american-girls-sold-on-the-streets/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/27/what-about-american-girls-sold-on-the-streets/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 20:45:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=102159 NY Times: In fact, human trafficking is more similar in America and Cambodia than we would like to admit. Teenage girls on American streets may appear to be selling sex voluntarily, but they’re often utterly controlled by violent pimps who take every penny they earn. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/27/what-about-american-girls-sold-on-the-streets/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/15/canada-top-court-allows-prostitution-appeal/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/15/canada-top-court-allows-prostitution-appeal/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:06:20 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=101155 Canada.com: The Supreme Court of Canada decided Thursday to allow an appeal involving a legal challenge of prostitution laws by a group of sex trade workers in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/15/canada-top-court-allows-prostitution-appeal/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/13/france-may-outlaw-prostitution-to-combat-slavery-and-trafficking/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/13/france-may-outlaw-prostitution-to-combat-slavery-and-trafficking/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:26:52 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=100981 Guardian: MPs have recommended criminalising clients of sex workers, saying 80% of prostitutes are victims of slavery and trafficking ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/13/france-may-outlaw-prostitution-to-combat-slavery-and-trafficking/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/06/talkshow-host-discusses-sex-surrogacy-in-marriage-aka-prostitution/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/06/talkshow-host-discusses-sex-surrogacy-in-marriage-aka-prostitution/#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2011 19:35:58 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=100319 LA Examiner reports. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/06/talkshow-host-discusses-sex-surrogacy-in-marriage-aka-prostitution/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/06/horrific-sex-slave-operation-becomes-commonplace-in-the-u-s/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/06/horrific-sex-slave-operation-becomes-commonplace-in-the-u-s/#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2011 17:38:59 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=100285 Catholic Online: A horrific sex slave operation has spread to at least 25 states within the continental United States. Called "Latino Residential Brothels," or LRBs for short, these houses of ill repute lure young, uneducated girls and women from Latin America and then force them into prostitution. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/06/horrific-sex-slave-operation-becomes-commonplace-in-the-u-s/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/22/cambodia-bans-foreign-men-over-50-marrying-local-women/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/22/cambodia-bans-foreign-men-over-50-marrying-local-women/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 21:27:42 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=98856 Telegraph: "Cambodia has banned foreign men over the age of 50 marrying local women in an effort to combat sham marriages and human trafficking." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/22/cambodia-bans-foreign-men-over-50-marrying-local-women/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/22/why-do-we-let-them-dress-like-that/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/22/why-do-we-let-them-dress-like-that/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2011 18:33:22 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=98820 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/22/why-do-we-let-them-dress-like-that/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/16/police-say-international-pedophile-ring-smashed/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/16/police-say-international-pedophile-ring-smashed/#comments Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:12:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=98158 AP: "Police said Wednesday they have smashed a huge international pedophile ring, rescuing 230 children from abuse and arresting 184 suspects - including teachers and police officers." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/16/police-say-international-pedophile-ring-smashed/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/15/scotland-church-minister-condemns-repugnant-trafficking-of-children/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/15/scotland-church-minister-condemns-repugnant-trafficking-of-children/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:14:41 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=98050 Christian Today: The Rev Ian Galloway, the Convenor of the Church of Scotland's Church and Society Council, said it was "repugnant" that children were being used as sex slaves in Scotland. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/15/scotland-church-minister-condemns-repugnant-trafficking-of-children/feed/ 0