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HUMAN RIGHTS

New Florida Penalties Target Child Exploitation as Arrests Soar in Major Stings

Three new laws took effect on October 1 in the Sunshine State, imposing harsher penalties for trafficking minors, luring children and distributing nonconsensual sexual content.

HUMAN RIGHTS

UN Experts Warn Japan’s School Pamphlets Threaten Religious Minorities

Government-issued “child abuse” pamphlets conflate faith with harm, targeting minority religions and worsening an already perilous environment for religious freedom in Japan.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Medical Doctor, Ex-NFL Player Among 255 Arrested in Florida Trafficking Operation

Arrests include prominent figures and foreign nationals, exposing the reach of modern slavery in Florida—one of the nation’s top trafficking states.

MENTAL HEALTH

Abuse and Neglect Plague Arizona’s Mingus Mountain All-Girls Psychiatric Facility

Former patients describe horrific sexual abuse and violent restraints at Mingus Mountain. Lawmakers are demanding a full review to protect vulnerable teens.

HUMAN RIGHTS

CCHR and Child Abuse Survivors Honored for Exposing Psychiatric Torture at Lake Alice

New Zealand’s psychiatric system hid decades of torture and abuse—until survivors and watchdogs ripped the cover off a national disgrace.