Étiqueté : crackdown

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The young other folks trapped in Trump’s MS13-crackdown

The Trump administration has declared war on MS-13, a criminal gang based in the US and Central America, with a long history of violence in the US. Though the gang has been around for decades, federal law enforcement agencies have been given sweeping new powers to arrest and deport gang members – spreading fear in…

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South Korea: Sex staff hit laborious by government’s crackdown

Seoul, South Korea – The 1980s was a peak time for Cheongyangni 588, a thriving red-light district in Seoul’s east. It housed more than 200 shops and 500 sex workers. Historians labelled it the biggest and most popular red-light area in South Korea’s capital. But on a cold evening, when the wind-chill dropped to around…

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Pakistan anti-blasphemy row continues after crackdown

Islamabad, Pakistan – Hundreds of defiant anti-blasphemy protesters continue to block a major highway into the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Sunday, after a security forces operation failed to clear the demonstration a day earlier, resulting in at least five deaths, hospital officials said. More than 217 people have also been wounded in the clashes, which…