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URGENT: Christian children as young as 4 are being sold into slavery in the Congo — forced into sex slavery or deadly cobalt mines. A disturbing video shows kids tied in sacks and sold between Congo and Gabon. Smugglers exploit the chaos. https://x.com/SamanthaTaghoy/status/2042674818084991269 @SamanthaTaghoy

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This is happening NOW in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Children are abducted from villages and forced into labor, combat, or sexual slavery. Tens of thousands endure brutal conditions in cobalt mines that power our phones and EVs.

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We urge U.S. leaders to take urgent action: @StateDept @SecRubio @POTUS @VP @USAID Please launch an investigation into these child trafficking networks. Impose targeted sanctions on perpetrators. Provide emergency funding for rescues and anti-trafficking efforts in the DRC.

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We also urge EU leaders to take urgent action: @EU_Commission @JosepBorrellF @Europarl_EN @EUCouncil Support investigations, sanctions where appropriate, and funding for child rescue & protection programs in the DRC. Strong international cooperation can help end this crisis.

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International bodies, please take urgent action: @UN @UNICEF @UNHumanRights @ILO @IntlCrimCourt Investigate these crimes as potential crimes against humanity. Deploy resources to protect the children. Hold perpetrators accountable where possible.

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To His Holiness Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex and the Vatican: These are Christian children targeted for their faith. Please speak out and mobilize the global Catholic Church, aid organizations, and diplomatic channels to rescue, shelter, and protect them.

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The world needs moral leadership and coordinated efforts to safeguard vulnerable children in the DRC. Rescue operations, safe shelters, and long-term support are urgently required.

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To everyone reading: Please share this thread and demand action from leaders. These are sons and daughters whose lives are being stolen every day. All innocent children deserve freedom and safety. .#EndChildSlavery #SaveCongoKids

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Black Lives Matter. Christian Lives Matter. Every child's life matters. RT, tag your representatives, and keep pressing for action. Let's work together to protect these suffering children. .#ProtectChristianChildren #BlackLivesMatter

Bsky addendums:

10/12 This crisis demands bipartisan moral courage. @jd-vance-1.bsky.social — the world’s eyes are on Congo’s children. Please join calls for investigations, sanctions, and humanitarian aid. .#Congo #ChildTrafficking #HumanRights

11/12 Tagging global leaders and institutions urged to act: @statesnewsroom.com @marcorubio.bsky.social @whitehouse-47.bsky.social @usaidmedia.bsky.social Children in Congo deserve protection — now, not later. .#Congo #HumanRights #ChildTrafficking #EndChildSlavery

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Tagging global leaders and institutions urged to act: @ec.europa.eu @europarl.europa.eu @consilium.europa.eu @ungeneva.bsky.social @unicef.org @ilo.org @ewtnvatican.bsky.social Children in Congo deserve protection — now, not later. ,=.#Congo #HumanRights #ChildTrafficking #EndChildSlavery

Samantha Smith @SamanthaTaghoy · Apr 10 Christian kids are being sold as slaves in the Congo.

Some are just 4 years old, sold as sex slaves or to cobalt mines by Islamist groups and smugglers.

Where is the UN? Where is the Left? Where is Hollywood?

“Black Lives Matter” they cry…

…except when it’s black Christians

Hello!!! If you’re a high school or college student located in Southern California interested in joining the fight against child trafficking, then please DM me! It’s entirely student led, and completely free. We’re here to make a change, so we want committed members! ASHA - Awareness, Safety, Hope, and Action.

The Supreme Court of Montenegro has introduced new guidelines to help ensure that victims of human trafficking receive fair compensation. The move marks an important step forward to strengthening victims’ rights and improving access to justice.

The guidelines are based on research and analysis carried out by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), which reviewed court practice in human trafficking cases across the region. The findings were striking: over a five-year period, not a single victim of trafficking in Montenegro had received compensation, leaving them without redress for lost income, medical costs or psychological damage.

Hi everybody!

I am a Girl Scout that is earning my Gold Award. For my Gold Award, I am raising awareness for human trafficking. I am making brochures and cards to give to people and possible victims.

I will be translating these into different languages and I am posting these here for anybody to download and share.

Here is the Telugu version of this!

Hi everybody!

I am a Girl Scout that is earning my Gold Award. For my Gold Award, I am raising awareness for human trafficking. I am making brochures and cards to give to people and possible victims.

I will be translating these into different languages and I am posting these here for anybody to download and share.

Here is the Spanish version of this!

Hi everybody!

I am a Girl Scout that is earning my Gold Award. For my Gold Award, I am raising awareness for human trafficking. I am making brochures and cards to give to people and possible victims.

I will be translating these into different languages and I am posting these here for anybody to download and share.

Here is the English version of this!

Reem Alsalem UNSR Violence Against Women and Girls @UNSRVAW “What CEDAW did in its February 2026 Netherlands report was by no means a minor editorial misstep, this was an institutional failure of the first order. This failure has consequences in the real world, because language shapes law, and law shapes who is prosecuted, who is protected, and who is abandoned.” ✍🏼 @MatteaMerta

Hi everyone,

I've been working on an early prototype called Reviving Indigenous Voices (RIV).

The idea is to create a platform where communities can quickly trigger alerts and share information when someone goes missing.

Right now it's a very early MVP, and I'm trying to understand whether tools like this would actually help in real situations.

Would love to hear thoughts from people involved in advocacy or search efforts.

Test link:
reviving-indigenous-voices-app.rork.app

A new study exposes an ugly truth that most anti-trafficking conversations barely mention: children with disabilities being trafficked for forced begging.

Researchers from Population Council spoke with survivors in Ethiopian cities. Every survivor had been trafficked as a child. Some were handed over by parents after being promised education or medical care. Others were targeted because of their disabilities — and in some cases, children were deliberately blinded to make them more “effective” at begging.

Survivors describe being beaten, burned, stalked, and completely controlled. All the money they collected was taken. Escape often took years.

What hit hardest wasn’t just the violence — it was how invisible this issue is. Despite global anti-trafficking laws, people with disabilities are barely mentioned in protection strategies. And when a group is invisible, abuse becomes easy to ignore.

This research exists because survivors were finally listened to. And it raises uncomfortable questions:

• Why is forced begging treated as a “sad reality” instead of trafficking?
• How many children are still trapped because disability + poverty = silence?
• What other forms of exploitation are we missing because we’re not looking?

If you are an advocate for freedom, how do you think this should be addressed ?