Tuesday 18 December 2012

Oppressive anti trafficking laws in Thailand



The picture quality is awful but in an odd way that adds to the drama of the message being delivered. This is rapidly becoming my favourite style of factual video. No editorial, no dramatic music, no attempt to infer an all emcompassing conclusion for a few thinly connected observations. It just lets those closest to the subject tell their story. This video comes from the incredible Empower Foundation  - see their web-site here:


The film shows a westerner reading a translation, of what appears to be a plea from a woman who feels that she has more to fear from those claiming to protect her from trafficking than she does from the traffickers themselves. It’s a very moving piece. You may not agree with the proposition and I encourage you to take a look at the Empower web-site before you decide, but this is one person’s testimony. You get to make up your own mind.

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