The video shows what a rescue operation looks like from Oasis India's side. I'll be working with Oasis when I'm in Bangalore, specifically finding out more about this kind of rescue and prevention work. It scares me a bit that this kind of stuff, I want to be involved in it long term. Watching other people in other countries do these courageous things-- it seems very far away. But there are anti-trafficking action groups here in Glasgow. And I feel I really need to be part of them.
I've been thinking alot about it today, between one thing and another. How we take it for granted-- not that that's horrifically selfish of us; freedom should be an instantaneous right of every living being, don't you think? But still. We take it for granted--especially in this country-- that our freedom to speak our minds, to leave our houses when we will, to meet who we want to and to socialise where we want will not be called into question. I don't think it's easy to get in your head how damaging it is to exercise your power as a human being to deny someone else their freedom: whether that's not letting them leave their house; not letting them stand up for their own beliefs; not letting them have money to support themselves; or not letting them have a right to the use of their own bodies. Freedom is the oxygen of the soul. --Moshe Dayan Some facts from the A21 campaign, on common ways traffickers gain control of their victims:
No conclusions here. Just thoughts. Scared thoughts, really. Would appreciate your continued prayers as I prepare for the trip. |