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Crossing Into the Unknown: The Plight of Migrants in the Fields of Greece

Fragkiska Megaloudi | Posted 30.04.2013 | UK
Read More: Crete, Migration, Greece, Exploitation, Illegal Immigration, Racism, Greenhouse, Slidepollajax, Refugees, UK News
Fragkiska Megaloudi

As Greece enters its fifth year of recession - and Greeks are reeling under the weight of salary slashes, a rising tax burden and eurozone's highest unemployment rate - life for migrants is becoming tougher amid rising racism as well as a drop in living standards.

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£500k Legal Aid For Rich Travellers Who Exploited Homeless Into Forced Labour

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 17.02.2013 | UK
Read More: UK Courts, Travellers, Billy Connors, UK News, Jimmy Connors, Exploitation, UK Police, William Connors, Johnny Connors, Legal Aid, Forced Labour, Mary Connors, UK News

A family of millionaire travellers jailed for forcing vulnerable men to work for a pittance have been given nearly £500,000 in legal aid, it has emer...

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Traveller Family Jailed Over Forced Labour Exploitation

PA | Posted 19.12.2012 | UK
Read More: UK Courts, Travellers, Billy Connors, UK News, Jimmy Connors, Exploitation, UK Police, William Connors, Johnny Connors, Forced Labour, Mary Connors, UK News

A traveller family who lived a luxurious lifestyle at the expense of vulnerable men forced to work for a pittance are beginning prison sentences of up...

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Payback to Payday Lenders

Carl Packman | Posted 24.12.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: UK Business, Financial Services Bill, Unemployment, Stella Creasy MP, Exploitation, UK Politics, Financial Conduct Authority, Payday Loans, Joblessness, Oft, UK Politics News
Carl Packman

This industry is growing fast by the day, after being given a great boost by the recession, and it is high time the government gave the regulatory architecture some teeth to make sure vulnerable people aren't being exploited to the detriment of their personal finances further.

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50 Shades of Grey Has Propelled Pornography and Sadomasochism to a New Level of Public Awareness and Acceptance

Pippa Smith | Posted 06.10.2012 | Home
Read More: Racy, Madonna, Mills & Boon, Pornography, Explicit, Rihanna, Bondage, Sadomasochism, Exploitation, Sex, Lady GaGa, Amazon, Ebooks, 50 Shades of Grey, Home News
Pippa Smith

This skilfully packaged book is marketed as liberating for women (trussed like a turkey liberating?) However, in reality it actually romanticises the dangerous patterns of an abusive relationship by teaching that controlling men are sexy and women secretly enjoy being hurt.

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Olympic Park Projection Exposes Adidas Exploitation (Video)

Ruth Tanner | Posted 06.10.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Livingwage, Adidas, Waronwant, Exploitation, Olympics, 2012 London Olympic Games, Olympics News, Video, UK Politics News
Ruth Tanner

On Sunday night, as the crowds left the stadium War on Want beamed a 65 feet high image on a building opposite the Olympic park, exposing Adidas exploitation.

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When Interns Are Unpaid, We All Suffer

Anna Sheinman | Posted 07.09.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Politics, Internships, Media, Exploitation, Unpaid Internships, UK Youth, UK Universities and Education, UK Media, UK Universities & Education News
Anna Sheinman

Either way, jobs in the media go to the well-to-do. But the worst is not over, because then, they start to write. Or edit, or produce or present. Yes, the future of our media is in the hands of those whom, at the age of 21, have - factoring in living expenses - around 15 grand to blow.

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Sexualisation of Children - Protecting Innocence Online

Pippa Smith | Posted 18.08.2012 | UK Tech
Read More: Sexualisation, Children, Addiction, Adolescents, Pornography, Exploitation, Sex, Concern, Abusive, Safetynet, Safermedia, UK-Invention, UK Impact, UK Tech News
Pippa Smith

At long last there is a reality check going on about the dangers children face on the internet from pornography.

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Gang Sexually Exploited Teen Girl In Lancashire Drug Den

PA | Posted 12.06.2012 | UK
Read More: Drug Den, Rape, Child Abuse, Exploitation, Lancashire, UK News

A 14-year-old girl was sexually exploited at a drugs den by a gang of men who treated her with "indignity and contempt", a jury has heard. The teen...

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Vulnerable Workers Kept 'In Fear' By Traveller Family

PA | Posted 23.05.2012 | UK
Read More: UK Courts, Travellers, UK Crime, UK News, Exploitation, Southampton Crown Court, Slavery, UK News

Vulnerable men were enslaved and exploited by a family of travellers who made them work from sunrise to sunset with no pay, live in tents and suffer b...

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Why My Words Are Worth Not(h)ing

Jon Spira | Posted 13.04.2012 | UK Comedy
Read More: Huffington Post, Blogging, Exploitation, Blogging for Free, Free Bloggers, Working for Free, UK Culture, UK Comedy, Unpaid Labour, UK Media, UK Comedy News
Jon Spira

I'm not saying my writing has no intellectual or cultural value - it does, I'm brilliant - I'm saying it has no commercial value as nobody has ever heard of me. And I'm fine with that. Perhaps one day the HuffPost exposure will lead to my work having commercial value. That would be lovely.

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The Head Said London - But the Heart Went for Doha

Paul Hobson | Posted 16.01.2012 | UK
Read More: London, Minimum Wage, Exploitation, Doha-Qatar, Gulf, Migrant Workers, Reform, World Athletics Championships, UK News
Paul Hobson

As a sports fan I was delighted London won the right to host the 2017 World Athletics Championships. Another major athletics event so soon after the Olympics, another chance to use the impressive infrastructure, another opportunity to cement and build on the legacy. What's not to like?

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Eyeing Up The Competition

Jonathan Meades | Posted 02.09.2011 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Linguistic Poverty, Grand Houses, Revenge, Exploitation, Rodents, Neubrandenburg, Ukentertainment, Television, Uktv, UK Entertainment News
Jonathan Meades

The telly shows about a more or less occluded France that I'm currently working on will be transmitted early next year on BBC4. With an entirely point...

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