Friday, July 23, 2010

Shan trafficking victims lobby UN | Democratic Voice of Burma

Two ethnic Shan women who were trafficked and sold as wives to Chinese men before being released in 2008 have now approached an UN agency to demand for help in rescuing the remaining victims.

Six women in total from Burma’s northeastern Shan state were sold for US$1,200 by a ring of Burmese human traffickers in 2008: three reportedly remain with their captors in China, while the third women released has since died of AIDS-related diseases.

Here is the article: Shan trafficking victims lobby UN | Democratic Voice of Burma