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IOM Seminar on Media treatment of human trafficking victims

March 12, 2006

The victims of the human trafficking and their treatment in the media were in the focus of discussions at the two-day seminar set up by the International Organization for Migration. The seminar was aimed at instructing the representatives of the Macedonian media on correct attitude toward the human trafficking victims, and at instigating the investigative journalism on this subject. The terminology used in initial media reports was rather abusive, triggering, as seminar's organizers put it "mental trauma to victims and creating a distorted picture, which does not correspond with reality". Representatives of almost all Macedonian media attended the seminar, at which activities of the local TV stations in terms of covering this issue were emphasized.

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¹ http://www.makfax.com.mk/look/agencija/article.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=1&NrArticle=17267&NrIssue=378&NrSection=600 February 13, 2006, Makfax (Source: UNIAP China)