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"My daughter Oxana was a beautiful, wonderful girl, gifted in languages. She left our home when she was 20 to take her dream job as a translator in Europe. We were so happy for her. Three weeks later the police told us she died falling from a 5th story window, trying to escape men who fooled her with the job and forced her into a sex club. I died when she died. Now I live only to stop this from happening to other girls. Please, help me."--Nikolai
ReplyDeleteOxana was killed by a brutal and growing global industry--the rape trade. Much of this is girls taken in Russia and sent to Europe and the US where they face routine rape and brutality.
A powerful new convention requires strong laws to stop the rape trade--and Nikolai is appealing to Russian Prime Minister Putin to sign it. Putin cultivates a macho image. This is his chance to be seen as the protector of Russian women. Our goal is 1 million signatures in the next few days. Click below to sign, forward this widely, and let's fight one family's horror with 1 million reasons for hope:
The Council of Europe Convention Against Trafficking in Human Beings sets the highest standards for law enforcement viz. the rape trade. If Russia signs it, it will almost certainly save thousands of girls every year.
This would put a real dent in the global rape trade. < 50,000 Russian women and girls are forced into the sex industry each year in Europe and Asians through Russia into Europe. If Putin backs this, he could cause a crackdown by Russian authorities, and send a powerful signal to organized criminals everywhere. For the sake of Nikolai, Oxana and millions like her, let's send that signal:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/russia_rape_trade_putin/?vl