http://www.liveleak.com/browse?q=minors Tue, 21 May 2013 14:41:47 -0400 Liveleak http://edge.liveleak.com/80281E/u/u/ll2/logo.gif http://www.liveleak.com/browse?q=minors Sat, 18 May 2013 16:32:48 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6a3_1368908869 Lake8737 The boy says it leaves bad memory in his mind by losing virginity in this way. From now on he starts to be afraid of females. It happens when they stay in schoolmate's house for the weekend. Police say the girl has sexually assaulted six other male students in the same way. Google translate Keelung, Taiwan, a two-year junior high school female students and junior high school first grade school brother to students at home for the night, actually take advantage of school brother sexual assault each other succeed in their sleep, the school after that alarm, the school brother parents sue sexual assault; however,the first two days of women denied also stressed the hard, if not school brother provocation, she would not try to be brave. According to reports, the end of March this year, the first two days of female school brother went to the home of a female classmate's grandfather play, no adults at home, 2 people leave overnight. The first two days of female school brother sleep in the bed, female students sleep on the bed, the results of the school brother also lost the first two days of strong female pants off sexual assault. The victim testified that the night was suddenly pressed to wake up, found underwear has been off the upper years rode him he often heard upper years with local bully talking on the phone, so I do not resist, but then lower body pain could not help but cry upper years not to disturb the female students to stop sexual assault. This tragedy for the victim to heart, and afterwards confided to friends the first night of painful ", adding that the threat of upper years dare to break up suing the school after hearing the news the police, the victim will also inform the mother, parents angrily to mention reports. The first two days of the women admitted with school brother sex but denied hard, saying the school brother to let it "you can not shelling with me", although she know that minors can not have sex, but for school brother provocation, she did not will try to be brave. Police investigation, two students are the objects of high concern, the first two days of the woman has sexual relations with six male students of the school, and report the these boys sexual assault, retaliation, they broke up with her, this time for her school brother divisions; school interested female students to provide counseling. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6a3_1368908869 Lake8737 13 yo boy lost virginity after being raped by 14 yo girl china,chinese,taiwan,school,boy,girl,sexual Fri, 17 May 2013 14:35:59 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=516_1368815676 th1sf8te Fucking shocking Nearly 10,000 children aged five to seven are providing unpaid care for their family members or guardians, according to census figures. The statistics show that a total of 177,918 minors are carers for their loved ones, with 15,728 providing more than 50 hours of care a week and 19,422 between 20 and 49 hours. The figures, compiled from the 2011 Census, indicate that of the 9,985 five to seven-year-olds providing care, 1,642 are doing so for more than 50 hours a week, with 1,166 for between 20 and 49 hours. In the eight to nine-year-old age bracket, 12,148 children are giving care, 1,520 for more than 50 hours a week, and 1,204 for between 20 and 49 hours. But it is the youngsters aged 10 to 14 who make up the largest group of care providers, with 72,266 providing unpaid care. The figures released on Thursday show that 23,848 children who were aged 15 at the time of the 2011 Census were providing unpaid care, 1,763 for more than 50 hours a week and 2,489 for between 20 and 49 hours. Meanwhile 59,671 of those aged 16 to 17 were carers, 4,842 for more than 50 hours a week and 7,520 for between 20 and 49 hours. The statistics also found that 65,615 18 and 19-year-olds were recorded as carers in 2011. No children below the age of five were listed as being carers. The statistics, which relate to England and Wales, also indicate the level of health of the child carers. They show that 2,419 under 18s had "bad or very bad health" while 9,931 said it was "fair". The rest had "very good or good health ". The figures show that more girls than boys are carers. A total of 95,250 were female while 82,668 were male. The Census found that 4,730 boys aged five to seven were carers, 817 of them providing 50 or more hours a week of care. Meanwhile 38,704 15 to 17-year-old males acted as carers for at least one hour a week. A Department for Education spokeswoman said: "We know young carers need more help and we are supporting local authorities to do much more for these dedicated young people. We recently announced that young carers will be involved in the training of school nurses, so they know exactly what support they should offer and can champion their needs. "We have also created a specific training guide for teachers to help them to better identify and support young carers - and funded the Children's Society and Carers Trust to support social services to adopt 'whole family' approaches to support young carers." http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=516_1368815676 th1sf8te 178,000 CHILDREN 'UNPAID CARERS' 178,000 CHILDREN 'UNPAID CARERS' Thu, 02 May 2013 20:28:02 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=757_1367540675 SAPD_HRT Teens "sexting" each other landed three boys in trouble with the law. Thursday two of those high school students took a plea deal, but one fought the case in court. He was found guilty on two counts of unlawful filming, but found not guilty on child pornography charges and a third count of unlawful filming. It stems from three videos made last year by three West Springfield High School students. At the time two of them were 16 years old, one of them was 15. The videos involve six underage girls, one video made in the parking lot of Cardinal Forest Elementary, the other two in one of the boys' homes. Two of the boys pleaded guilty to unlawful filming, a felony, but the third boy fought the case. When asked about the tapes, the 15-year-old defendant said, "We had impaired judgment, and we thought it was funny. I suppose you could call it a prank, yes." Defense attorney Rod Leffler argued both the boys and girls were involved in a culture of sex and alcohol shared on social media. "What I want to show is this kind of stuff was done by all of them," he said. Three girls took the stand, all admitting to consensual sex, some involving alcohol, but each saying they did not know they were being taped and asked not to be. The girl involved in the incident at cardinal forest was brought to tears during cross examination, saying, "I thought they were messing around because I made it clear I didn't want to be filmed." The teen who fought the case is scheduled to be sentenced on June 12. http://www.live5news.com/story/22020653/3-teen-boys-punished-for-sex-videos?autostart=true&autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=8790726 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=757_1367540675 SAPD_HRT 3 teen boys punished for sex videos Minors, Sexting, Video, Arrested Mon, 06 May 2013 15:12:18 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=54c_1367867289 dcmfox T'itulo: S'olo para ni~nos ANAR Foundation manages in Spain the european unique phone number 116 111, to attend children and teenagers under a risk situation. On this telephone number, only for minors, they can find the help they need in a totally anonymous and confidential way. But, how can we get our message to a child abuse victim, even when they are accompanied by their aggressor? Knowing the average height for adults and children under 10,GREY has created two different messages. Using an outdoor lenticular we show adults an awareness message, while children see a message where we offer them our help and show them the telephone number. A message only for children http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=54c_1367867289 dcmfox Ad Uses Lenticular Photo Used To Secretly Convey Hot Line Number To Abused Kids Advertiser, Lenticular, Photo, Convey Hot Line Number, Abused, Kids Sat, 04 May 2013 02:37:47 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a8e_1367648144 spliffer Watch the video that led to the blasphemy charges... Siswi SMA 2 Toli-Toli Menghina al Qur'an Translation: Schoolgirl SMA 2 Toli-Toli Insult to the Qur'an Para siswi SMA 2 Toli-toli membaca ayat suci al Qur'an seakan mengejek, mereka mempermainkan gerakan sholat dengan joget-joget diiringi lagu dari Maroon 5. Laa hawla wa laaquwwata illa billah... Translation: The schoolgirl SMA 2 Toli-toli recites verses from the Qur'an as if mocking, they mock prayer movement with dance-dance accompanied by songs from Maroon 5. Laaquwwata hawla wa laa illa billah ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Huffington Post: Police in Indonesia charged five teenage girls with blasphemy after a cell phone video of the high school students dancing to a Maroon 5 song surfaced online. According to The Jakarta Globe, the teens were charged with blasphemy under Article 156 Section A of Indonesia's penal code for "tainting religion" by combining prayer with Maroon 5's "One More Night." The students from Tolitoli, a district in Central Sulawesi, were also expelled from school after the video gained popularity. The video, in which the teens alternate between traditional prayer movements and dancing as the pop song plays in the background, was first uploaded in March but did not gain police attention until the school reported it to authorities. "The students were performing Sholat movement with dancing while alternately reciting Quran and turning on 'One More Night' music," the school's principal -- identified as Muallimin -- explained in a statement obtained by Detik News. "The activity was recorded with a mobile phone of one of the students and they forced another student to hold the phone for a duration of five to six minutes." Muallimin also added that students are not allowed to bring cell phones to school. The girls involved are all minors and, thus, have not been detained ; but they could potentially face time in juvenile detention for blasphemy against religion. As The Bangkok Post notes, blasphemy carries a maximum jail sentence of five years in Indonesia. However, the case is still pending and additional charges against the teens could be assessed. According to the Agence France-Presse, members of the Islamic Defenders Front, a group known for its defense of Islam, were outraged by the video and staged a protest outside of the local police station Monday. Indonesia's blasphemy law has been a frequent point of contention between the country and human rights groups. In 2010, following a constitutional challenge to the prohibitive measure, Indonesia's Constitutional Court upheld the legislation in an 8-1 decision, ruling that it lawfully restricts religious beliefs in order to ensure public order. International rights group Human Rights Watch denounced the decision, calling it a " setback for religious freedom ." --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vfWyj-hcKvM http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/24/indonesia-teens-blasphemy-maroon-5-prayer_n_3146268.html http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a8e_1367648144 spliffer 5 Indonesian Teenagers Charged With 'Blasphemy' For Dancing To Maroon 5 During Prayer - 2 Years Prison WTF (VIDEO) Indonesian, Teenagers, Charged, Blasphemy, Dancing, Maroon 5, one more night, Prayer, insult, quran, wtf Fri, 03 May 2013 20:50:53 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=704_1367628224 Zurm Last week, the Indonesian police charged five teenage girls with blasphemy. What was their crime? Dancing to a Maroon 5 song, alternating between pop moves and traditional prayer movements. The video, which was filmed with a cell phone, was posted online. According to press reports, it was first uploaded in March but entirely ignored. Only after the school headmaster reported the "incident" to the Indonesian authorities did the police take interest. The video has now been viewed over 500,000 times on YouTube. The school headmaster felt offended by the allegedly blasphemous crime-yet he is the one who raised the profile of the video. Even if he considers teenage girls dancing and giggling offensive, are criminal charges the best response? Does plucking the video from obscurity and promoting criminal prosecution advance social and religious harmony? Content offensive to someone is an inevitable part of the internet, and it can be contested through the counter-speech that free expression encourages. He reported his students to the local police,claiming to have consulted with the Indonesia Ulema Council as well as the Islamic Defenders Front. He also expelled the girls from their school in Tolitoli city on Sulawesi Island. Not only are the teenagers now accused of blasphemy and facing criminal charges, but they have been forbidden from taking an important national exam to graduate from high school. In other words, a school headmaster has deliberately jeopardized the academic future of his own students. He has received no sanctions as of yet. The girls are being charged under Article 156 (a) of the Indonesian penal code, which targets those who deliberately express "feelings of hostility, hatred, or contempt" against religions. It is hard to define from a legal point of view what constitutes "hostility, hatred or contempt" so the government or individuals can abuse its interpretation and implementation, to stifle dissent and debate. The penalty for violating Article 156(a) is a maximum of five years imprisonment. Minors usually face half the adult sentence, so the teenage girls whose crime was to dance could face juvenile detention for two and a half years. Indonesia's blasphemy law is not atypical: these laws promote an atmosphere of intolerance by providing a context in which governments can restrict freedom of expression, thought, and religion. The loose and unclear language of article 156 (a) empowers majorities against dissenters and the state against individuals. Human Rights First monitors cases of blasphemy around the world. For more information, check out report Blasphemy Laws Exposed. Indonesia's blasphemy law has often targeted victims on grounds of thought or belief. It has also triggered grave outbreaks of violence. Here is a sample of recent human rights abuses in Indonesia caused by its blasphemy law (in chronological order): On July 12, 2012, the Shia leader Tajul Muluk was sentenced to two years in prison on blasphemy charges. Muluk was accused of encouraging Muslims to pray three rather than five times a day, in addition to allegedly stating that the Koran was no longer authentic and that believers need not make the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. Muluk and his Shia followers were attacked and threatened, and their houses, a place of worship, and Muluk's school were by a mob of Sunni Muslims, none of whom were arrested. On August 26, Muluk's village was attacked. Two Shia men were killed, dozens were injured, and many Shia houses were burnt. This time, several perpetrators were detained. Muluk's sentence was later extended to four years in prison by East Java High court. On March 14, 2012, Andreas Guntur, the leader of the spiritual group Amanat Keagungan Ilahi (AKI), was sentenced to four years in prison for blasphemy. A fatwa was issued against AKI by the Indonesia Council of Ulema in 2009, claiming that they rejected conventional Islamic rituals. On January 18, 2012, Alex Aan, an atheist man, was arrested for allegedly stating on his Facebook account that God did not exist. Before he was arrested by the authorities, Aan was severely beaten by an angry mob that called for his beheading. While in police custody, he was later beaten by a group of inmates who knew about the accusations against him. After being transferred to another prision, Aan was handed a prison sentence of two years and six months. He is currently appealing his sentence to the country's Supreme Court. On August 14, 2011, in response to the sentencing of individuals involved in a fatal attack on an Ahmadiyya house of worship in February 2011, hundreds of members of Islamic Defender's Front (FPI), armed with machetes and bamboo sticks, stormed another Ahmadi mosque while ten Ahmadis were praying inside in Makassar, South Sulawesi. One victim suffered serious head injuries and three human rights workers who tried to stop the attack were beaten. According to reports, the police did nothing to stop the violent attack. On February 8, 2011, more than one thousand protestors stormed the District Court in Temanggung after Antonius Richmond Bawengen, a Christian from Jakarta, received what extremists believed to be a too lenient sentence for blasphemy. The mob attacked prosecutors, judges, and the defendant, injuring nine people; then destroyed three churches and torched vehicles. Bawengen was sentenced to five years in prison, the maximum sentence under Article 156 of Indonesia's criminal code, for distributing books and leaflets that "spread hatred about Islam." Some called for the death penalty. Prosecutors are seeking a one-year sentence for Syiabuddin, the leader of the mob, because he runs an Islamic boarding school and has had no prior convictions. Seventeen of the 25 men who were tried for participating in the riot also received light jail sentences of four to five months on charges of vandalism. The maximum sentence for the charge of incitement is six years in prison. On February 6, 2011, while twenty-one members of the Ahmadiyya sect assembled at the home of their leader, a mob composed of more than one thousand villagers armed with machetes and sticks, stormed the house of worship, killing four and wounding six others. Graphic video footage of the brutal and allegedly unprovoked attack shows the attackers stoning their victims to death and then beating the corpses, some naked, as police officers and villagers watched and did nothing to stop the bloodshed. According to Waseem Sayed, a spokesperson for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the United States, the police were warned of the attack days before the event. http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/2013/05/02/in-indonesia-dancing-to-maroon-5-could-earn-you-two-years-in-juvenile-detention/ http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=704_1367628224 Zurm Dancing Earns Girls 2 Years in Juvenile Detention Dancing,Girls,Years,Juvenile,Detention,islam,muslim Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:19:05 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=57f_1367337829 english-patriot33 http://www.cfr.org/immigration/us-immigration-debate/p11149 The U.S. Immigration Debate Updated: April 19, 2013 Introduction Status of the Current Immigration Debate An Enforcement-Based Approach to Illegal Immigration Reforming Legal Immigration Federal-State Tensions Outlook for Comprehensive Reform Further Reading Introduction U.S. immigration policy has been a touchstone for political debate for decades, as policymakers weigh the need to maintain global competitiveness by attracting top foreign talent against the need to curb illegal immigration and secure U.S. borders. Most recently, the debate has focused on how to streamline a heavily bureaucratic visa application process and address the millions of undocumented immigrants already in the United States-particularly young people brought here by their parents-as well as implementing policy at the local level without jeopardizing public trust within immigrant communities. Federal legislation on comprehensive reform has stalled in recent years, and the Obama administration leaned toward enforcement-based policies for curbing illegal immigration during his first term. Meanwhile, restrictive state-level immigration laws--including Arizona's controversial SB 1070--have highlighted the blurry divide between state and federal authority over immigration policy. However, following President Obama's reelection in 2012, the administration and Congressional lawmakers have signaled a new willingness to make a bipartisan effort to tackle comprehensive immigration reform. Status of the Current Immigration Debate Public discourse is divided over the issue of illegal immigration. Opponents argue that undocumented immigrants are an economic drain; others say they are an economic boon. Some contend that undocumented workers take jobs that would otherwise be held by American workers, while others argue they do work that Americans are unwilling to undertake. Meanwhile, many experts say that legal immigration must be made more efficient to deter illegal immigration and attract skilled foreign workers, but that the debate over illegal immigration enforcement has blocked progress on broader reform. Many Americans think the U.S. immigration system is urgently in need of reform. A January 2013 Gallup poll found that only 36 percent of Americans are satisfied with the current level of immigration into the United States. Debates center primarily on immigrants entering from Mexico--although studies by the Pew Hispanic Center show that migration flows between Mexico and the United States have been at net zero since 2007, primarily due to declining U.S. economic opportunity. This new trend "does fundamentally change the nature of U.S.-bound immigration, likely permanently," writes CFR's Shannon O'Neil, noting that the shift "has yet to feed into U.S. political debates." An Enforcement-Based Approach to Illegal Immigration The federal government has employed an enforcement-heavy approach to immigration control under President Obama. More than 20,000 U.S. Border Patrol agents operate along the borders--the highest number deployed in U.S. history and twice the level of a decade ago. The Obama administration has also conducted a series of nationwide immigration sweeps to arrest undocumented criminal offenders and increased audits of companies hiring unauthorized workers. President Obama's policies have also resulted in record-high deportation levels, with nearly 400,000 undocumented immigrants deported in 2011, compared to 281,000 deportations just five years prior. The administration has also expanded the Secure Communities program, started in 2008, which allows local law enforcement to share fingerprints of arrestees with the Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) agency to examine their status and criminal history for possible deportation. Secure Communities has provoked harsh criticism in some states, where critics say it has led to deportations for minor offenses rather than being applied only to "the most dangerous and violent offenders" (PDF) as intended, eroding trust between immigrant communities and law enforcement. This criticism, as well as a heavily backlogged immigration court system, has led ICE to refine its deportation priorities and procedures to target high-level offenders. The federal government's policies are criticized by immigration advocates and hardliners alike. Many conservatives argue that the administration is not doing enough to curb illegal immigration, and that allowing thousands of lower-level offenders to remain in the country amounts to "backdoor amnesty." To further deter illegal immigration, several politicians have supported the idea of an expanded fence along the U.S.-Mexico border. In contrast, immigrant rights advocates argue that an enforcement-heavy approach instills a culture of fear in immigrant communities, and that such policies are out of touch with the reality of migration trends. Many analysts support comprehensive immigration reform that emphasizes streamlining legal pathways to citizenship in addition to enforcement policies. CFR's Edward Alden says the White House's enforcement-based approach to illegal immigration represents a "Catch-22 situation." Overall deportation numbers will eventually drop as a result of expelling those who fall under high-priority categories, he says. Thus, the administration would become vulnerable to accusations of being "soft on enforcement." Reforming Legal Immigration Reforming the cumbersome visa and citizenship process for immigrants--particularly skilled foreign workers in high-demand STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields--is a priority to ensure that the country retains its competitiveness in the global economy, say some experts and politicians, who are concerned about the prospect of a "reverse brain drain." The U.S. visa system has long been hobbled by prolonged waiting periods, at times lasting years, resulting in part from rigid quotas. Currently, the United States issues 140,000 green cards a year for employment-based immigrants, of which no more than 7 percent can go to applicants from any one country. Applicants from India and China tend to greatly outnumber those from other countries, and therefore face lengthy waits. "These workers can't start companies, justify buying houses, or grow deep roots in their communities" during these waiting periods, writes Vivek Wadhwa, vice president of academics and innovation at Singularity University. "They could be required to leave the United States immediately--without notice--if their employer lays them off. Rather than live in constant fear and stagnate in their careers, many are returning home." Within Congress, several proposals have been made to improve this process, including the bipartisan Startup Act 2.0, which would introduce a "startup visa" for foreign entrepreneurs who demonstrate intent to create businesses and jobs in the United States, as well as eliminate individual country visa quotas and offer a new type of visa to foreign students graduating from U.S. universities in STEM fields. Guest worker programs for unskilled workers--particularly in the agricultural sector--have also been the subject of heated debate. Critics of the existing H-2A program, which grants temporary visas for seasonal agricultural work, say it is too costly and inflexible for farmers and has not sufficiently curbed illegal immigration. The Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits, and Security (AgJOBS) Act, a bill that modifies the H-2A program and allows undocumented agricultural workers to apply for green cards under certain conditions, was introduced in 2003 but has floundered in Congress. Over the past decade, the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act--known as the DREAM Act--has also become a significant part of the national immigration debate. The DREAM Act would provide a pathway to citizenship for undocumented youth who immigrated as children with their families to the United States. First introduced in 2001, the bill has repeatedly stalled in Congress; in late 2010, it passed the House, but failed to garner enough votes to overcome a Senate filibuster. Proponents say the act is a crucial measure for protecting undocumented youth, who did not choose to immigrate to the United States, while critics contend that it would encourage others to immigrate illegally with hopes of eventually obtaining permanent residence for their children. In June 2012, President Obama announced that the federal government would no longer deport undocumented youths who immigrated to the United States before the age of sixteen and are younger than thirty, have been in the country for five continuous years, and have no criminal history. Under the policy, these immigrants would be eligible for two-year work permits that have no limits on how many times they can be renewed. In 2013, a bipartisan group of senators released a comprehensive immigration reform plan that would allow those who immigrated illegally as children to apply for permanent residence in five years, regardless of their current age. Federal-State Tensions Several measures have been passed to handle many immigration matters at the state level, creating an uneven patchwork of standards across the country. The use of E-Verify, an electronic system used by businesses to verify employees' immigration status, varies widely across the country, as the federal government has not passed a mandate for all states to participate. More than a dozen states have mandated its use by state agencies and employers, while California has prohibited local municipalities from enforcing its use. In other states, use of E-Verify remains optional. State laws have also been passed to ease conditions for undocumented youth through granting access to in-state college tuition as well as public and private sources of financial aid. Some states have attempted to pass restrictive laws aimed at curbing illegal immigration. In April 2010, Arizona passed SB 1070 (PDF), a controversial law that imposes criminal punishments on undocumented immigrants and those who harbor, employ, or transport them. One provision of SB 1070 authorizes local law enforcement to stop and ask for proof of citizenship if there is "reasonable suspicion" that someone may be undocumented, an aspect of the law that pro-immigration and civil rights advocates argue has led to racial profiling. Despite harsh criticism over Arizona's law, however, several other states--including Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Florida--have approved or considered similar legislation. In July 2010, the federal government challenged the constitutionality of SB 1070 and the case was brought before the Supreme Court. In June 2012, the court struck down three of the four major parts of the law, including provisions that made it a state crime for undocumented immigrants to seek or perform work or fail to carry registration papers, and one provision that allowed law enforcement to arrest them without a warrant if there was "probable cause" that they committed a public offense. However, the court upheld the controversial "papers, please" provision allowing law enforcement to ask for proof of citizenship, ruling that Arizona did not overstep its state jurisdiction by enacting this portion of the law. The immigration jurisdiction question has become a thorny issue not just in the wake of laws like SB 1070, but also as a result of policies like the Secure Communities program. Secure Communities began as a voluntary opt-in process, but when several states, unhappy with the program, attempted to opt out, their requests were denied. ICE has since stated that participation is mandatory and that the program will expand to all fifty states (PDF) by 2013, eliciting protest from some local governments. To date, however, the program has not faced any legal challenges. Outlook for Comprehensive Reform Comprehensive immigration reform, which would improve enforcement policies and legal immigration procedures, and would offer legal status to many of the roughly eleven million undocumented immigrants living in the United States, has in the past received some bipartisan support. But in recent years, political polarization has dimmed chances for such legislation. "This issue is caught up in the political paralysis of Washington," said Angela Maria Kelley of the Center for American Progress, and it is an issue that "used to be bipartisan and now finds itself at the bottom of the heap because members can't break out of their partisan shell." However, after Obama was reelected for a second presidential term in 2012, the White House and congressional lawmakers have made comprehensive immigration reform a high priority. In early 2013, the so-called "Gang of Eight," a group of four Democratic and four Republican senators, unveiled new immigration legislation based on months of closed-door negotiations and built on four pillars: enhancing border security, providing a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants already in the country, deterring employers from hiring undocumented workers, and reforming legal immigration pathways. The bill roughly doubles the number of H1-B visas allocated to high-skilled workers, and establishes programs for guest workers and seasonal agricultural workers. Undocumented immigrants who fit a specific set of criteria would be eligible to apply for a temporary "nonimmigrant visa" only after the borders are secured to a specific level-after which they would have to wait a minimum of ten years without federal benefits before applying for permanent residence. Young undocumented immigrants brought to the United States as children would be eligible to apply for permanent residence and citizenship after five years. If the bill passes, it will be the biggest overhaul to the U.S. immigration system in more than two decades. Further Reading The Kauffman Foundation's series of reports on immigration and the U.S. economy focuses on the linkages between education, entrepreneurship, and global migration flows that impact U.S. competitiveness. A September 2011 task force report on Secure Communities (PDF) outlines the impact of the controversial program, concluding that ICE must improve its use of prosecutorial discretion to regain public trust. The Immigration Policy Center's guide to Arizona v. United States (PDF) provides legal background to the Supreme Court case over Arizona's SB 1070 and an analysis of the ruling's potential aftermath. This Center for American Progress report details the impact of restrictive immigration policies on the lives of undocumented immigrants. CFR's Task Force Report on U.S. immigration policy offers a strategy for maintaining U.S. political and economic leadership by attracting skilled immigrants, a program of legalization for those living in the United States illegally, and steps for securing the country's borders in an effective and humane way. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=57f_1367337829 english-patriot33 The U.S. Immigration Debate american immigration, odunga, should have never been let in the whitehouse without a bucket and mop, good luck fellas, Sat, 27 Apr 2013 05:49:50 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a8b_1367055670 MortenHj 17.4.2013 Deir ez-Zur, Syria Thanks to @humptydumpty for the link in a comment (and if it has been uploaded before I dont care, I want it for my own sake as well) A scumbag with the fsa equivalent of M. Bison's hat in Street Fighter have taken it upon himself to take in some minors to throw away their life so he can get some money and rape some women. That mask aint hiding anything boy, your using minors to die for you. Disgusting. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a8b_1367055670 MortenHj Terrorist Captain Blackbeard proudly showing off some fsa child-soldiers Syria, child soldiers, terrorism, fsa, democrazy, freedumb, shameless, street fighter Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:20:29 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=fe9_1365014922 OnlyLiarsBlock His friend, Abdel Rahim, who was arrested with him, is only 7, and in first grade. The fact that 18 of the children were under the age of 12, the age of criminal responsibility according to the 1971 Israeli Youth Law (Adjudication, Punishment and Methods of Treatment ), was apparently of no interest to the IDF 27 Palestinian children never made it to school this week; IDF troops lay in ambush for them on the streets of Hebron.By Gideon Levy and Alex Levac 09:59 29.03.13 77 We couldn't help ourselves: The sight of the young, newly released detainee drove us into a paroxysm of laughter. But the laughter quickly morphed into sad embarrassment. The detainee was a boy of 8, in second grade. When we met him this week, on the streets of Hebron, he was on his way to his grandfather's home. He wore a red sweatshirt emblazoned with an image of Mickey Mouse, and he had a shy smile. His mom had sent him to take something to Grandpa. Eight-year-old Ahmed Abu Rimaileh was not the youngest of the children, schoolbags on their backs, that Israel Defense Forces soldiers took into custody early on Wednesday, last week: His friend, Abdel Rahim, who was arrested with him, is only 7, and in first grade. Twenty-seven Palestinian children never made it to school on that particular day. IDF troops lay in ambush for them from the early morning hours on the streets of the Hebron neighborhoods that are under the army's control, and arrested them indiscriminately. Only after they were in custody did the Israeli security forces examine the video footage they had in their possession, to see which of the youngsters had thrown stones at Checkpoint No. 160 earlier that morning, which separates their neighborhood from the settlers' quarter of the city. It was here, a few weeks ago, that IDF soldiers shot and killed a teenager, Mohammed Suleima, who was holding a pistol-shaped lighter. Most of the young children were released within a few hours. The older ones were kept in detention for a few days, before being released on bail. One adult, who tried forcefully to prevent the arrest of a colleague's son, was brought to trial this week. The fact that 18 of the children were under the age of 12, the age of criminal responsibility according to the 1971 Israeli Youth Law (Adjudication, Punishment and Methods of Treatment ), was apparently of no interest to the IDF, the Israel Police or the Border Police. Nor was the severe report issued just two weeks earlier by the United Nations Children's Fund, which condemned Israel for arresting some 7,000 Palestinian children in the past decade. "Ill-treatment of Palestinian children in the Israeli military detention system appears to be widespread, systematic and institutionalized," the UNICEF report stated, and added, "In no other country are children systematically tried by juvenile military courts." The Youth Law forbids the arrest of children under the age of 12. It also appears that the provision stipulating that older children must not be interrogated without the presence of their parents and their lawyer does not apply to Palestinian children. A volunteer from the International Solidarity Movement, a pro-Palestinian activist group, who documented with a video camera the operation in which the children were arrested, forwarded the footage to B'Tselem: The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, and B'Tselem gave it to us. (The video can be viewed on the B'Tselem website and on YouTube.) One soldier is seen spitting crudely on the ground, another actually carries the schoolbag of his little detainee - as though he were a babysitter who had come to escort the child home from school. The amateur photographer from the ISM was deported from Israel that same day, after she also had the temerity to take part in a demonstration in Hebron against the visit of President Barack Obama. Indeed, the mass arrest of the youngsters took place on March 20, the day Obama arrived in Israel, and the day before he made his remarks about Palestinian children in Jerusalem. "Put yourselves in the Palestinians' shoes," the president told the Israelis. From early that same morning, Palestinian residents of Hebron noticed dozens of Israeli soldiers taking up positions in the streets and on rooftops in the neighborhood. One frightened resident called B'Tselem fieldworker Manal al-Jaabari, to ask what was going on. Divided by age For his part, Ahmed Abu Rimaileh woke up at 7 that morning and, with the NIS 2 he received from his mother as pocket money, set out for school; sometimes he gets NIS 1.5, sometimes 2. He attends the Hadija Elementary School down the street. Adjacent to it are three other schools that are part of an educational complex, which is located a few hundred meters from the checkpoint. His father, Yakub, is a construction worker. His mother, Hala, is now sitting with us in their home. On the way to school, Ahmed says he stopped at the corner grocery store and bought a packet of cookies for NIS 1, and kept the other shekel for recess. As he was about to leave the store, he relates, seven or eight other children suddenly came running in, some his age, some older. Hard on their heels were soldiers, who arrested all the children in the store. One soldier ordered Ahmed to put the cookies in his schoolbag before grabbing him by the shoulder and hauling him toward the checkpoint. Ahmed says he was very scared. He also admits that he cried, though only a little. At the checkpoint, he and all the other detained youngsters were thrust into an army vehicle - 27 children in one vehicle, some sitting, some standing, according to Ahmed's description. There were three soldiers with them in the vehicle. Some of the children were crying, and the soldiers told them to be quiet. One child was hit, Ahmed says. They were all taken to the nearby Israeli police station, next to the Tomb of the Patriarchs, where they were told to sit on the ground, in a closed courtyard. The children above age 12 were separated from the younger ones and taken to the police station in Kiryat Arba and afterward to Ofer Prison, north of Jerusalem. Ahmed Burkan, 13, was not released until the evening. Malik Srahana, also 13, was held in custody for three days at Ofer Prison before being released on NIS 2,000 bail. B'Tselem fieldworker Musa Abu Hashhash, who met with him immediately after his release, says the teenager showed signs of trauma. According to a report transmitted by the International Red Cross to B'Tselem, 18 of the detained children were under the age of 12. They were kept in the courtyard, with a policeman guarding them for almost two hours. No one offered them food or water. Children asked to go to the bathroom but were forbidden to do so, Ahmed recalls. The policeman asked who among them had thrown stones, but no one confessed. He then asked if they knew which children had thrown the stones and they named two of the older ones, who had been arrested and separated from them. After a time, three jeeps arrived and took the younger group to Checkpoint 56, next to the settler neighborhood of Tel Rumeida. There the children were met by three Palestinian police "security coordination" jeeps, which took them to their police station. The Palestinian police gave them food and asked all those who had thrown stones to raise their hand. All the hands went up. The parents were called to come to the station to collect the children. Ahmed's parents and those of four other youngsters did not show up. Those five children were driven home in a car of the Palestinian Ministry of Education. Their worried parents were waiting for them. Hala says she is not angry at her son. She only asked him not to cry the next time he is arrested by soldiers. "We are used to it," she says, adding that her son had a dream about the arrest that night. The IDF Spokesman's Office provided the following statement in response to a query from Haaretz: "Last Wednesday, March 20, 2013, Palestinian minors threw stones at a force that was manning the checkpoint in Hebron. An IDF force that waited in ambush close to the site caught the stone-throwers in action. The Palestinian minors were detained on the spot, and seven of them, who are above the age of 12, were taken for interrogation by the Israel Police. As the Israel Police interrogated the minors, the question about the non-presence of a parent/lawyer during the interrogation should be addressed to them." The day after the incident, Ahmed did not want to go to school, but was persuaded by his parents to do so. For one day he was a hero among the children: Ahmed, the released detainee. He did not enter the classroom that day, staying instead in the principal's office. He wants to be a doctor when he grows up, like a few others in his extended family, he tells us. His mother says he is a good student and a good boy. Ahmed has seven brothers and sisters. The five boys sleep in one room, on two beds and on mattresses on the floor. There is an old computer in the room, which is turned off; they do not have an Internet connection. Out in the street a young peddler, of the same age as Ahmed, can be heard hawking his wares. After school the boy sells halabi, a sweet homemade pastry oozing with oil, for half a shekel. http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/twilight-zone/aged-eight-wearing-a-mickey-mouse-sweatshirt-and-placed-in-israeli-custody.premium-1.512461 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=fe9_1365014922 OnlyLiarsBlock Aged Eight, Wearing A Mickey Mouse Sweatshirt, And Placed In Israeli Custody With No Lawyer Or Access To Parents israel, palestine, children, detained, Sun, 31 Mar 2013 21:10:34 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d61_1364778449 Amusing LANCASTER - A teenager was shot and killed at a house party in Lancaster early this morning, authorities said. The incident happened around 1 a.m. Saturday at a residence in the 700 Block of East Avenue K, according to the Sheriff's Homicide Bureau. Officers from three agencies responded to the scene. The shooting happened after a confrontation erupted in the backyard of the home, witnesses said. Investigators were called to the scene regarding a juvenile being shot in the head, according to a Lancaster Station broadcast. When officers from the Lancaster Sheriff's Station, the California Highway Patrol and the Santa Clarita Sheriff's Station descended on the scene, several partygoers could be seen running in every direction. Many of them appeared to be minors. Deputies were able to detain close to 50 of the partygoers at the scene. They sat them on a curb and questioned them one by one. Many of them were released to the custody of waiting parents. Nearly 50 partygoers were detained and questioned at the scene. About a dozen were taken to the Lancaster Sheriff's Station early Saturday morning for further questioning. Later on, investigators said they still did not have any suspect information and were trying to get in contact with more witnesses. The victim's name is not being released pending notification of next of kin, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office. ABC 7 reports he is high school junior, and the house party he attended was posted to facebook and several social media outlets. Anyone with information on this case is urged to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Homicide Bureau at (323-890-5500. To remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477. UPDATED @ 4:30 pm: Kevin Tatum The victim has been identified as 17-year-old Kevin Tatum of Compton, and the shooting is believed to be gang related, according to the latest report from the Sheriff's Homicide Bureau. Guests were leaving the house party when a fight broke out and an unknown suspect produced and fired a hand gun, according to detectives. Tatum was hit by gunfire and pronounced dead at the scene. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=d61_1364778449 Amusing Teen shot dead at Lancaster house party California, House Party, Shooting, Gangs, Guns, Violence, Murder, Death, Crime, Police, News Wed, 27 Mar 2013 11:34:55 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=4cd_1364398255 Lake8737 Google translate In the afternoon of March 27, a man in a knife attack in Fengxian District of Shanghai, has caused two deaths and 11 injuries. Two dead adults, 11 injured, including six minors were not life-threatening. The reporter learned from the Shanghai police, at 16:22 on the 27th, the Shanghai Public Security Bureau 110 command center received a report, money road was who knifed crossing the masses, Fengxian Branch of police rushed to the scene to dispose of the masses to seize the assailant away from the scene and the injured rushed to hospital. After preliminary investigation, the suspects Zang one yesterday from Jiangsu to Shanghai, due to family disputes will be staying in the money road Yijuminlou the two female relatives killed in the vicinity of residential buildings at knife chopped the number of persons crossing the masses after masses together uniforms, and some people were injured in a uniform process. Currently, 11 injured non-life-threatening, and the case is under further investigation. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=4cd_1364398255 Lake8737 Knifeman goes on hacking rampage in front of school, killing 2 and injuring 11 china,chinese,knife,kill,school Sat, 23 Mar 2013 10:40:20 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6ef_1364049296 thinkslaughter http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/03/16/canadians_are_major_customers_in_cubas_child_sex_market.html Canadians are major customers in Cuba's child sex market Canada is lax when it comes to stopping its sex offenders from going to Cuba and preying on underage prostitutes. Canadians - are drawn by something far darker. Published on Sat Mar 16 2013 Set against a backdrop of gutted buildings and faded hope, Michael is all smiles. He's fiftysomething, sports a greying moustache last in fashion in the '70s, and stares out from beneath a ball cap emblazoned with a red maple leaf. Sauntering into a downtown Havana bar, his left arm wound tightly around the waist of an attractive young Cuban woman, he's in his element. She, meanwhile, is working. The Vancouver Island native flashes a grin at two European mates who, like him, have come to regard Havana as a second home. The bartender welcomes him like an old friend. Everyone here, as the song goes, knows his name. "There's a lot worse places to be," Michael says, in a toast to shared good fortune. "This is the promised land." Photos View gallery zoom Michael is on the inside of a well-kept secret. Canadians are travelling to Cuba in surprising numbers to sexually exploit young people trapped in this socialist country's underground sex tourism industry, a joint investigation by the Toronto Star and El Nuevo Herald, the Spanish-language sister publication of the Miami Herald, has found. Havana's conspicuous scenes of street-level prostitution are the public face of a hidden, sordid trade in children as young as four. Many prostituted children in Cuba are second- or third-generation, following in the footsteps of sex-worker mothers to earn money for families complicit in their exploitation. ". . . it's the illusion that you can get ahead if you prostitute yourself . . . the illusion of leaving the country, the illusion of a visa." Ivan Garcia Cuban authorities deny the problem. And Canada's lax oversight suggests any self-proclaimed moral obligation to protect children from abuse stops at our own borders. Convicted Canadian sex offenders face little scrutiny leaving the country, little prospect of having foreign authorities warned of their arrival and little chance of being flagged by border authorities upon arrival back in Canada. Canadian border authorities have no access to the country's sex offender registry and limited access to Canada's criminal record database. Related Part 1: Toronto sex offender could be first Canadian convicted of child sex tourism in Cuba Cuba's most horrifying episode of child sex tourism resulted in a girl's death More on this series In an exclusive interview with the Star, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews acknowledged shortcomings, saying the travel of convicted sex offenders is "one of the very significant issues that does need to be addressed" through better monitoring. "Are there additional steps I would like to see taken?" he said. "Absolutely. Am I encouraging the government to move in that direction? Absolutely." Canadian men, generally between 40 and 60 years of age, are among the most numerous sexual predators in Cuba, according to internal government reports, international experts, diplomatic cables and on-the-ground interviews. The RCMP, in a confidential 2011 report on child sex tourism obtained by the Star through access-to-information requests, lists Cuba as a top destination in the Americas for Canadian sex tourists. "The issue of Canadian travelling child sex offenders is likely greater than previously thought," the report concludes. And one of the key drivers behind any flourishing child prostitution market is "an established and active sex trade." Cuba easily meets that definition. For sex tourists, the island holds unique allure. It's closer and cheaper than destinations such Thailand and Cambodia. HIV rates are dramatically lower than in most countries. And a trip to Cuba for single male tourists is free from the social stigma associated with Phuket or Phnom Penh. Furtive negotiations with pimps, cabbies and staff at high-end Cuban hotels can easily procure meetings with young boys or girls, according to undercover conversations with Cuban insiders and hotel security staff last month. "That's prohibited here in the hotel," a security head at one of Havana's large hotels told a reporter posing as sex tourist. That's because young Cuban girls appearing at the city's high-end hotels in the company of men are instantly flagged by security staff, who often demand payment to allow their entry. But he carefully described the process for accessing underage girls. "The young girls aren't on the street. They're in houses waiting for the call from pimps." The secure - and surreptitious - environment for meeting them is a private lodging called a casa particular , where tourists can rent rooms for about $10 a night. "They don't care what you're doing there," said one hotel security guard. "Whatever you want. Orgies, anything." That advice mirrors the findings of the 2011 RCMP report, which says child sex "facilitators," including "taxi drivers and/or hotel staff, can sometimes be used to arrange discreet meetings with potential child victims." A Cuban casa particular provides a safe zone where child sex offenders "access children and locals who are willing to facilitate crimes against children in return for financial compensation," says the report, titled Canadian Travelling Child Sex Offenders. "Poor or dysfunctional families may be particularly willing to open their doors to foreigners with the hope of reaping some financial benefits or so they can receive food or material items. Offenders can, and often do, capitalize on this vulnerability to gain sexual access to child victims." U.S. diplomats documented the same money-for-child-sex system operating with the knowledge and permission of families in a 2009 cable to Washington. "Some Cuban children are reportedly pushed into prostitution by their families, exchanging sex for money, food or gifts," it reads. The cost of forbidden youth is startlingly cheap: as little as $30 for the night. Manuel, a lean, 30-something lawyer from Mexico City, is flanked by two scantily clad young prostitutes outside a Varadero hotel as he proudly whispers to an undercover reporter in English: "I got them both for $40. We're going back to (a casa particular ) in Havana. Do you want to stay with us in our house with girls? Come with me. There's so many!" Exploitation thrives where poverty exists, and in that respect, Cuba is no different from Cambodia or Thailand. Ivan Garcia, a dissident blogger and journalist in Havana, says the young girls and boys in the trade are typically poor, hopeless and desperate: "For these people, 'future' is a bad word." Parents who usher their children into the sex trade are motivated by something much bigger than money, he says. The real goal, he says, is the hope of securing marriage to a wealthy foreigner. He knows two 12-year-old girls currently working the streets. "They see that this girl married some Italian and now she's dressing nice, fixing up her mother's house - it's the illusion that you can get ahead if you prostitute yourself . . . the illusion of leaving the country, the illusion of a visa." That illusion most often ends in exploitation and tragedy. In 2011, three Italian men were sentenced to between 20 and 25 years in prison for murder and corruption of minors after the body of a 12-year-old girl was dumped in Bayamo, a city in eastern Cuba. The girl - Lilian Ramirez - was a 12-year-old prostitute the men hired for a party along with two 13-year-olds and a 14-year-old, says Laritza Diversent, a dissident Cuban lawyer who worked on the case. The government handles such cases "with a lot of care and closed trials," says Diversent. Diversent considers child prostitution in Cuba "a serious matter because of what I see every day on the street - very young girls and boys with much older foreigners." In her own Havana neighbourhood growing up, she recalls, she had a nine-year-old friend who "was groped lasciviously" by adult men for cash. "There's a moment when they dedicate themselves to prostitution and there's somebody who uses them, usually someone from their own neighbourhood." Prostitutes under 16 can be charged with "pre-criminal dangerousness" and be sent to youth interment camps But foreigners caught with prostitutes older than 16 rarely face arrest, she says. And it's alleged that police accept bribes from prostitutes and pimps to look the other way. The Canadian government keeps secret how many Canadians have been prosecuted in Cuba for sex crimes. Concern for the privacy of the Canadians charged or convicted in the Cuban sex trade is the government's stated rationale. So few have been prosecuted for the crime that releasing even aggregate figures could identify them, the government says. But there's no question that some Canadians have been prosecuted for exploiting young Cubans. "A number of tourists, including Canadians, have been convicted of offences related to the corruption of minors," the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade notes on its website about Cuba. And a study on Cuban sex tourism by the global monitoring group End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes (ECPAT) found "much of the literature points to Canadians as being high on the list of offenders." In 2003, ECPAT reported that a 53-year-old Canadian man had been sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl. Another Canadian man was sentenced to 25 years in prison for the sexual abuse of a 15-year-old. James Cason, the top American diplomat in Havana between 2002 and 2005, says Canadians are among the most enthusiastic customers of the Cuban child sex trade. "The ones pouring in were Canadians and Europeans, and that's where I saw the problem (of child prostitution)," Cason said in an interview. While Cuban government action against sex tourists appears to be rare, U.S. cables, released by the activist group WikiLeaks, suggest vigorous punitive actions are taken against victims of the country's underage sex trade. "Police occasionally rounded up women and children in Cuba's sex trade and charged them with vague crimes," reads one 2009 cable. "Adolescents found in prostitution were sent to either juvenile detention facilities or work camps emphasizing politicized rehabilitation." The "Recommendations for Cuba" detailed in the same memo reads: "Acknowledge that child sex trafficking in Cuba is a problem; provide greater legal protections and assistance for victims; develop procedures to identify possible trafficking victims among vulnerable populations; increase anti-trafficking training for law enforcement; and, take greater steps to prevent the trafficking of children in prostitution." That advice has most certainly fallen on deaf ears inside the Cuban government. A request by the Star for an interview with the Cuban Embassy in Ottawa was ignored. Led today by Fidel Castro's younger brother Raul, Cuba continues to officially deny that sexual predators are among the sun seekers and families pouring into the country. The numbers of arrests and prosecutions for child exploitation are tightly protected, and Cuba restricts the presence of international and domestic NGOs. Official denial reaches beyond mere marketing. It is an expression of deeply felt revolutionary pride. Fidel Castro cracked down on prostitution after the 1959 revolution and boasted his country would no longer be the American brothel. "There are no women forced to sell themselves to a man, to a foreigner, to a tourist," he said in 1992. "Those who do so do it on their own, voluntarily, and without any need for it. We can say that they are highly educated hookers and quite healthy, because we are the country with the lowest numbers of AIDS cases . . . Therefore, there is truly no prostitution healthier than Cuba's." The sex marketplace in Cuba's cities and resorts began to emerge after the Soviet Union's collapse meant billions of dollars in annual subsidies from Moscow dried up. Today, the influx of foreign money may well make prostitution among the most profitable jobs in a country where the average monthly salary officially stands at less than $20. Cuba's well-educated sex workers include a young woman who calls herself Chachi. Cherubic and young, her face is devoid of anything that suggests the broken life that brings her to Havana's main prostitution strip - the seaside Malecon boulevard - at midnight. She was born and raised in a neighbouring province and attended university for two years, studying to become a veterinarian. Then she became pregnant. Now, with a three-year-old boy to look after, Chachi rents a Havana apartment for a month at a time, spending her days and evenings with male tourists like Michael. "I can cook, I can do dishes, I can clean the house," she says through an interpreter. "I can do whatever you want." Over a beer, she opens up about her humiliation having to walk the streets and the reasons she does it. "He is beautiful," she says of her little boy, who remains living with her mother in her hometown. "I am here for him. I wait for money from tourists so I can send it to him and my mother." The U.S. State Department consistently classifies Cuba as a "Tier 3" country - the worst in its rankings - when it comes to combating sex trafficking. "Cuba is a source country for adults and children subjected to sex trafficking and forced labour," the State Department warns in the 2012 edition of its annual review of global human trafficking. "The country's laws do not appear to penalize prostitution of children between the ages of 16 and 18." The report concludes that the Cuban government has made "no known efforts to reduce the demand for commercial sex." Teresa C. Ulloa Ziaurriz, Mexico-based director of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women in Latin America, says the problem of exploitative predators from Canada and Europe is likely to grow as Cuba opens its doors to ever more tourism. "All the Caribbean islands are really a paradise for child sex tourism," she says. "We call sex tourism inverse trafficking - instead of taking the victims out of the country . . . the demand travels to where the supply is. "Why are they coming to Latin America and the Caribbean to buy sex from those who are in more vulnerable situation? This is the merchandisation of the bodies of women and girls." Back in Havana, Michael certainly appears to be having a marvellous trip. Ask him about the city's surprisingly open prostitution industry and he'll launch into an X-rated Frommer's guide to the most promising marketplaces for women in the city. "If you go to places like the (club) Cecilia, then you're going to see top-of-the-line girls, but they're going to be charging top-of-the-line prices," he notes. "I prefer places like the Hotel Deauville where they're accessible . . . Whores galore." The retired British Columbian spends up to six months a year in Havana, a place he's been visiting for two decades. "It's hard not to be inspired by this," he says as he directs his eyes to the young prostitute accompanying him this night. "And that," he adds, his eyes visually pointing to one of several other young prostitutes in the bar with whom he shares warm banter and familiarity. With more time on his hands, his travels have been expanding of late to a more well-known sex tourism destination - Cambodia. "The Cambodian people just impress the f--- out of me," he says. "They're extremely nice. And you can get a really f------ sexy woman. The sex is great. The beach is fantastic. The food, because it's got the French influence in it." His travelogue complete, Michael smiles once more and extends his hand: "We're all Canadians." The Ugly Canadians is a series produced jointly by the Toronto Star and El Nuevo Herald, the Spanish-language sister publication of The Miami Herald. 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