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Cyntoia Brown, 31, whose murder conviction at 16 years of age galvanized A-list celebrities to campaign for criminal justice reform, was freed from prison after Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam granted her clemency earlier this year. (Photo: Facebook)

Sex-trafficking victim set free in case championed by Kardashian,...

Under US federal law, involving anyone under the age of 18 in commercial sex is considered sex trafficking.

9 Aug 2019 10:21 AM

$Harvey Weinstein attend the premiere of August: Osage County, at the Regal Cinemas at LA Live in Los Angeles, California. Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinsteins former company has announced on February 26, 2018 it will file for bankruptcy, complaining that talks with frontrunner investors to buy the troubled studio had collapsed, leaving it with \no choice\ but to go to the wall. The Weinstein Company said that it had failed to reach a deal with an investor group led by Maria Contreras-Sweet, a former Obama administration official, for a reported $500 million despite a last-minute push to make the deal palatable to New York prosecutors. (Photo: AFP)$ Entertainment

Judge orders to proceed sex-trafficking lawsuit against media mogul...

Aspiring actress Kadian Noble, who has sued Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein in 2017, claimed that he assaulted her.

6 Aug 2019 12:59 PM

Victims of sexual assault who experienced no other violence were no more likely to drop out than their peers who were not victims. (Photo: Pixabay)

4 women sue US Olympic Committee, taekwondo body over sex trafficking

Heidi Gilbert, Mandy Meloon and 2 others went to court over what they called 'two decades of sexual abuse, exploitation...

8 May 2018 5:55 AM

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Freida Pinto criticizes sensationalism in Bollywood

The actress discusses Bollywood films and the complex issue of representation in cinema worldwide.

2 Sept 2018 7:24 PM

Richa Chadda takes inspiration from Mandi

And for this film, Richa has taken inspiration from 1983 satirical comedy, Mandi a film by Shyam Benegal on politics...

7 Sept 2018 6:50 PM

The DCW officials found that the women are being sexually assaulted so as to bear children.

Traffickers forcing sex workers to conceive

Earlier, children were trafficked from various districts of Bihar like Samastipur and Gaya.

27 March 2017 9:11 PM

More than a pretty face

Amal Clooney's strong speech at the UN was reduced to reports of her baby bump and heels, understandably causing an...

16 March 2017 6:38 PM

A poster for Karma Killings

The mystery of the Nithari killings

Priya's Shakti comics co-creator Ram Devineni talks about his Netflix documentary movie Karma Killings.

29 Jan 2017 6:45 PM

The film fighters: The crew of the film Notes to My Father. Hannah Norling and Elca Grobler.

An end to exploitation

With a rise in human trafficking cases, a Hyderabad-based NGO attempts to highlight the issue with a short film that...

9 March 2017 6:40 PM

The survivor, a Bangladeshi national, claimed her maternal aunt had brought her to India and sold her off to a brothel owner.

Nashik: 3 held for sex trafficking, survivor recounts ordeal

She managed to escape from the unnamed Kolkata brothel to Nashik, where she held a press meet.

15 Dec 2017 12:19 AM