I thought Matt’s talk was really interesting and it certainly inspired me to help out this growing issue of modern slavery. He talked about Human Trafficking today and how many people did not understand how much of it their is. I was certainly one of them. I had learnt about it before but when I saw all of the numbers in front of me I was definitely shocked. I learnt that although many people think that modern slavery is mainly prostitution it is actually not. Prostitution only takes up 25% of the modern slavery total. The other 75% are those doing forced labour. He also talked about the way in which people Traffic Humans. They do this by tricking them and deceiving them into thinking they are getting something good (“almost too good to be true!”) Then once they reach the factory, brothel, boat etc, they cannot leave because the owners scare them with threats and torture methods. Once these people become sick, injured or useless, they just throw them out onto the streets. One question I still have is why the name Mekong Club? Where did it come from? How did it originate?
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Open in new tab Human Rights In North Korea
I am interested in North Korea as many articles and blog posts say that they violate the most amount of human rights and quite often as well. All basic freedoms have been severely restricted In North Korea, prisoners, mostly made up of impoverished individuals locked up for committing petty crimes. Their efforts to survive, subject them to horrific treatment. Not only this but also their have been cases of Kim Jong Un ordering women to drown their own babies in buckets. I think the reason human rights are violated in this way is because he wants to establish his power. This concerns me because having a mum drown her own baby on demand is truly truly awful and something someone should never have to go through. I think What influenced my perspective on this is the country I live in and the way I am treated and that I have most, if not all of the human rights.
https://www.hrw.org/asia/north-korea