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People hang out across the street from the townhouse at 8105 Chipping in San Antonio, Texas, Friday, April 29, 2016, where children were allegedly chained up in the back yard. Authorities say they have arrested a woman who is the mother of six of eight children who were found unsupervised in the middle of the night at a San Antonio home. A spokesman for the Bexar County sheriff’s office says the 34-year-old woman also was supposed to be looking after two other children who were found tied up in the backyard.

Child Abuse in a Texas Backyard

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 7, 2016 | World

This case comes through a time of increased attention in Texas on child abuse and neglect, particularly of those in the care of CPS, noting that the between 2009 and 2014, the Austin American-Statesman reviewed nearly 800 child abuse deaths. Across the street from the...

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An Iranian child holding a message requesting help in a queue of Iranian refugees at the border between Greece and Macedonia (Getty)

Iran is Ranked No.1 Globally for Human Trafficking

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 9, 2016 | Middle East

In a report issued by the US Department of State, Iran occupied first place for world-wide human trafficking, in particular the trafficking of children. Iranian police stations have registered strange complaints such as unearthing tombs, stealing parts of corpses and...