In a special two-part series, CNN International correspondent Alexandra Field speaks to escapees of Vietnam’s child bride trade ordeal and goes to the border to witness just how easy it is to smuggle women between the two countries. Five girls were saved just in the nick of time. At a government support centre on the Vietnamese-Chinese border, Alexandra Field meets five 14-year-old girls saved by the police as traffickers were taking them across the border. … [Read more...] about CNN’s Freedom Project
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CNN named “Cable & Satellite Channel of the Year” at ATA 2013
CNN International has been awarded ‘Cable & Satellite Channel of the Year’, ‘Best News Story’ and ‘Best Social Awareness Programme’ at the 2013 Asian Television Awards held December 6, 2013 in Singapore. CNN’s Hong Kong-based international correspondent Anna Coren won the prestigious ‘Best News Story 10 minutes or less’ for her exclusive report for Afghanistan Taliban Firefight where she came under enemy fire for more than … [Read more...] about CNN named “Cable & Satellite Channel of the Year” at ATA 2013
CNN International to launch documentary on sex-trafficking
Every Day In Cambodia is a powerful CNN Freedom Project documentary which follows Academy Award-winning actress and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Goodwill Ambassador to Combat Human Trafficking Mira Sorvino on a disturbing yet ultimately hopeful journey to Cambodia, where she shines a light on modern-day slavery. Sorvino teams up with American activist Don Brewster who has made it his mission to rescue girls as young as five or six from sex trafficking in the region. … [Read more...] about CNN International to launch documentary on sex-trafficking
CNN International to premiere “The Fighters” with Manny Pacquiáo
CNN will be premiering the two-hour documentary The Fighters on May 17 and 18, following a two-year CNN investigation. The Fighters chronicles around Filipino human rights pioneer Cecilia Flores-Oebanda in her journey to protect children from the sex trade, and to convince the Philippines' biggest star and elected congressman, Manny Pacquiao, to join her as a fighter in the battle against modern-day slavery. Since founding her anti-trafficking organisation Visayan Forum in 1991, … [Read more...] about CNN International to premiere “The Fighters” with Manny Pacquiáo
CNN doco wins ‘Gold World Medal’ at the New York Festival Awards
CNN has been honored with the Gold World Medal award in the Cultural Issues category at the recent New York Festival’s International TV and Film Awards 2012 for its CNN Freedom Project documentary Trapped by Tradition. In Trapped by Tradition, Anil Kapoor visited the Bharatpur district of North India to highlight how young girls and women are sold into the sex trade, often by members of their own family. It followed Kapoor as he spent time with young girls and women who had been forced … [Read more...] about CNN doco wins ‘Gold World Medal’ at the New York Festival Awards
Demi Moore reports on Nepal’s ‘Stolen Children’
Hong Kong - Actress and anti-sex trafficking activist Demi Moore has partnered with the CNN Freedom Project to shine a light on the shocking trade of human life in Nepal’s Stolen Children: A CNN Freedom Project Documentary, which premieres to a worldwide audience on 26 June on CNN International. Across all networks and platforms, CNN is taking a stand against human trafficking and utilizing its global reporting resources with the launch of ‘The CNN Freedom Project: Ending Modern-Day … [Read more...] about Demi Moore reports on Nepal’s ‘Stolen Children’
