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[08:00:06] KRISTIE LU STOUT, HOST: I'm Kristie Lu Stout in Hong Kong. And welcome to News Stream.

Now, a young life saved in the midst of utter devastation: the very latest from central Italy where towns have been flattened by a deadly earthquake.

Also the resistance: inside Iraq's secretive guerilla force helping to fight ISIS.

And South Korea's hidden shame. We uncover the evil institution which fosters some of the

country's worst human rights abuses.

It is a grim scene in central Italy. Emergency workers face enormous piles of rubble, brick and concrete. Now, they hope there is still survivors

from Wednesday's magnitude 6.2 earthquake that struck in the middle of the night and just tore the region apart. 241 people are known to have died,

and this drone footage, it gives you a sense of the devastation there: entire towns decimated by the quake. And you can imagine the huge task

rescuers have ahead of them.

But a glimmer of hope has also emerged from the destruction. This little girl plucked from

the rubble by a firefighter. You can just hear the cheers and the people standing nearby as she is being rescued. Fred Pleitgen has the very

latest.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

FREDRIK PLEITGEN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Racing against time as a series of aftershocks continue to shake central

Italy. Rescue workers scrambling for a second day to find survivors after a devastating 6.2 magnitude earthquake.

Amid the rubble blanketing the town of Amatrice, 90 miles northeast of Rome, signs of life.

"Are you able to breathe," the rescue worker asks. The desperate answer, "only a bit."

A little girl, found alive under piles of broken concrete. Those rescuers saw a tiny foot, then a leg. In the video, a man seems to be talking to the

girl, as someone repeatedly says the name, "Julia." Moments later, covered in gray dust, they pull her out.

Joined by bystanders, the Italian Red Cross ratcheting up rescue efforts, as they face the threat of continued tremors.

BARBIE NADEAU, CNN CONTRIBUTOR: The problem, of course, until now, has been access.

PLEITGEN: CNN's Barbie Nadu was broadcasting live from nearby Saleto (ph), with rescue workers on the roof of a damaged home, suddenly there's a roar.

NADEAU: Geez.

PLEITGEN: The earthquake's epicenter surrounded by mountains and historic brick buildings, causing a deadly combination of landslides and easily

collapsible homes. Before and after photos from Google Earth show a town reduced to rubble.

EMMA TUCKER, BRITISH SURVIVOR: The house was trembling, shaking. It got more and more intense. It felt like someone had put a bulldozer into the

house to try to knock it down.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: And that was Fred Pleitgen just reporting on the rescue effort. Now, let's get straight to the disaster zone live. And Atika Shubert is on

the ground in Amatrice. She joins us from there.

Atika, we know that aftershocks are an issue. Aftershocks continue to hit this area already reeling. How is that affecting the rescue effort and the

survivors who are already so traumatized?

ATIKA SHUBERT, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Yeah. Well, it's having a tremendous impact on survivors. They sort of relive that trauma every time

an aftershock comes through.

We're actually at a tent camp, which is right next to the village of St. Angelo (ph), which was reduced to rubble. And so residents and other

residents from other towns and villages in the area have come here. It has space for several hundred in the tents. I'm going to walk you around a

little bit so you can see a little bit more about the aide efforts here.

A lot of the residents, for example, are there in the shade there, basically recovering. We spoke to a grandmother there who was frankly

still in shock about what happened and just kept repeating, repeating how much shaking and how much noise was there at the time of the

earthquake. And we also spoke to a group of teenagers here who are actually hanging out on this grassy pitch at 3:00 a.m., just listening to

music, hanging out, when the earthquake happened.

That was actually lucky for the village, because it meant that these were young kids in good health. They were able to pull out so many of the

elderly residents inside St. Angelo (ph) up there and bring them here to safety. And they actually established the first aid camp here in the early

morning hours.

In that time, as you can see, this in that time, as you can see, the camp has grown. Food and water is provided and perhaps very importantly for

people here there is electricity they can plug into, send messages to family back home saying I'm safe, everything is fine. We're starting to

try and rebuild and get your lives back together, Kristie.

[08:05:03] LU STOUT: You know, Atika, it is just so encouraging to see that the infrastructure is in place just one day after this devastating

earthquake. The infrastructure to find survivors, to rescue people and also to help the displaced as we're seeing with this shelter city behind

you.

But what will be the fate of these people? I mean, their homes are destroyed. What's going to happen to them next?

SHUBERT: You know, this was a question I asked to both those young teenagers we talked to and to the elderly residents. And I got two very

different answers.

With the young teenagers, they said, you know, we're going to help to rebuild. These are our homes. Many of them live in Rome, actually, they

were just here for summer holiday, but it's important to them to have this sort of print here. So they feel this is part of their tradition and home

they want to rebuild.

But for a lot of elderly residents, they say what am I going to rebuild? All of my possessions are now buried in the rubble, buried in the debris.

I don't even know where to begin.

So it is going to be hard, I think, especially for these very small villages like this.

But a lot of this is going to depend on government aid, on insurance companies coming through, registering those claims and just getting in

there and starting to rebuild, however difficult it is.

LU STOUT: And Atika, the scale of the devastation there in Amatrice, we've seen the drone video, we have heard from the mayor saying that his town is

no more. You've been there for a day, wandering the city and reporting from there and filing Instagram photos.

What have you seen? What does the town look like now?

SHUBERT: We walked into Amatrice, the town, earlier this morning. And every other house or building was destroyed. It's really hard to describe

to people the amount of devastation that's there.

We passed by a convent for nuns that was completely gone. The hospital had huge cracks in

it. It's not usable at this point. And here in St. Angelo (ph), which is very -- it's a small village just a short maybe a mile or so away from

Amatrice, we walked into the main piazza area, and the entire -- both sides have collapsed inwards, whole cars have been crumpled up into little balls

by this destruction of the earthquake.

So, we can describe it, but until you're here and you see it -- and the eerie silence that's here, that's when it really begins to sink in.

And perhaps the hardest part is watching families waiting for word on relatives trapped

inside. Last night we spoke to a family that waited until 1:00 a.m., only to find out that their father had been killed in the earthquake.

LU STOUT: Oh my goodness, the wait for answers must be just so gut wrenching and to hear that answer, unfortunately, of loss. And there's so

much loss in this community.

Atika Shubert reporting live from the epicenter of Amatrice, thank you so much for your reporting.

Now, I want to show you more files, more images of how destructive those tremors were. The town where Atika was reporting at just now, Amatrice,

was right at the epicenter of the quake. The church there is a major landmark. This is how it looked before the disaster and this is what

remains of it now. Nearly half of its facade just completely shattered.

And it is just one of the historic buildings that were destroyed. But I want to show you something remarkable. Now, this is a 13th Century clock

tower and somehow it managed to withstand the powerful shaking. And the clock on that tower, it's frozen in time. It's frozen on 3:36 a.m., the

very moment the quake struck.

Now, for ways that you can help those affected by the earthquake, just go straight to CNN.com/impact where you can find a list of vetted groups that

are there working in the area -- cnn.com/impact.

Now, Italy is not the only country that's dealing with the aftermath of an earthquake. Myanmar is assessing the damage from a 6.8 magnitude quake.

At least four people were killed. And you can see the destruction on these ancient pagodas. Dozens were damaged in the quake.

Now, this one was much deeper underground than the one that struck Italy so the damage has not been as severe.

Now, let's take you now to two front lines in the battle against ISIS. And we start in Syria on its border with Turkey. Syrian rebels have now

retaken the town of Jarabulus with the help of Turkish tanks. It was one of the last border towns still under ISIS control, and without it the

terror group has limited access to its de facto capital of Raqqa.

Now, next we go to northern Iraq, where government troops say that they have retaken at least half of the town of Kiara (ph) from ISIS. It is just

about an hour's drive from their ultimate prize Mosul. Now, that's the largest Iraqi city still under ISIS control.

And there a secret team of fighters is paving the way for the army's arrival. Arwa Damon reports.

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ARWA DAMON, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Operating deep within the shadows of ISIS territory in Mosul is a network so secretive, even its own

members do not know each other's identities.

The letter "M" spray painted on Mosul's walls. "M" from "Muqawama" the resistance, the message to ISIS, we are here, we are among you.

The Mosul battalions watch for weaknesses in ISIS' defenses, carrying out hit-and-run operations, or waiting for a moment to strike isolated targets,

like this checkpoint on the outskirts of the city.

This man Abu Ali is one of their liaisons.

How did the Mosul battalions even manage to initially organize themselves?

[11:10:39] ABU ALI, MOSUL BATTALLION LIAISON (through translator): It started as two friends who trust each other, and they would arrange to

target ISIS in a particular point.

DAMON: The same happened elsewhere, and by the end of 2014, the Mosul battalions had formed.

Their weapons are basic. What they found and hid in the city or what they snatch from ISIS.

ALI, (through translator): The roadside bombs they use, they would steal from ISIS. ISIS puts bombs in certain areas, and those who have previous

military experience would go and steal those bombs and place them where they target ISIS.

DAMON: They operate in two to three-man cells, independent of one another. No cell knows specifically of another, no fighter knows the name of more

than two others.

Abu Ali called a man he says is with the battalions in Mosul. He's speaking from orchard just outside of the city. Talking on the phone is punishable

by death.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE, (through translator): We carry out assassinations, sniper operation against senior ISIS members. We target the houses that

they live in.

DAMON: Distorted voice in this video says they assassinated an ISIS fighter. The images been show what they say is the dead man's I.D., pistol

and suicide belt.

And Abu Ali said, they are providing through intermediaries intelligence and coordinates to the coalition. Here are the aftermath of a strike they

say was based on their information. And they are waiting for what they call zero hour, distributing leaflets warning ISIS its end is coming. They are

ready, ready for the day the Iraqi army breaches the city and they rally the people to rise.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: And Arwa Damon joins us now live from Irbil, Iraq with more on the story.

And Arwa, fighters as we see in your story, your report there, they are getting ready for the upcoming battle to take back Mosul. But there's the

other preparation that needs to be in place here. What preparations in place to help civilians, to help the people who are going to be displaced

by the fighting?

DAMON: That's a very crucial part of this equation, Kristie. And there has been a lot of focus on the military aspect of all of this and the

problem that a lot of international NGOs are trying to highlight is that the humanitarian aspect has not taken enough of a focus in the forefront of

people's minds as they are trying to plan for this battle.

Now, international organizations, yes, are trying to preposition shelter. They are trying to preposition assistance, but they face a number of

problems. One, they don't have the land that needs to be allocated by the government of Iraqi Kurdistan.

Secondly, there was a flash appeal last month for $284 million. That money needs to be released. And partly because of the potential challenges and

hardships that one can only imagine, people will be facing inside Mosul, not only do you have these Mosul battalions operating within the city, you

also have another organization that's calling itself the peace battalions and their role specifically is that when the fighting actually reaches the

streets of Mosul, they are going to be mobilizing in an effort to try to protect the population, but also prevent the widespread looting and chaos,

such as what we saw happening in Baghdad in 2003.

But, yes, at this point, it is so vital, so critical, that humanitarian aid be as much of a priority as the liberation of the city itself.

LU STOUT: And Arwa, what is the mood right now among anti-ISIS fighters? We know that Iraqi forces, they've made gains, they've made significant

advances, up to this moment. This crucial fight for Mosul that's coming up next. Do they feel that they can win this battle?

DAMON: They do, to a certain degree, yes. There is a recognition that is going to be very tough and challenging, but we really seen their moral

bolstered especially over the last few months because of the gains they have been able to make. And in fact, today the senior Iraqi leadership

announced that they had managed to fully liberate the strategic oil-rich town of Qayyara (ph) where they have been battling for the last few days.

The Kurdish Peshmerga to the east and the north of the city have also made gains as well.

And there is a sense that, yes, they will eventually liberate Mosul from ISIS, but the concern is about what is going to be happening next. Will

they be able to maintain control of the city? Will the Iraqi security forces and the predominantly Shia Iraqi government be able to win over the

trust of the population in Mosul?

This is a country that's been through so much warfare for well over a decade now. This is a country that also knows that it has battled and

confronted ISIS's previous incarnations in the past. So, there is a certain sense that the reality of winning Mosul back from ISIS is one

thing, the reality of what's going to happen next could end up being possibly, if the right steps are not taken, something that is potentially

even worse.

[08:15:55] LU STOUT: Yeah. Can they take back and stabilize and hold the city. Major questions there.

Arwa Damon reporting for us live from Irbil, Iraq. Thank you, Arwa.

Now, the death toll in an attack on the American University in Kabul, it now stands at 13. And most of those killed were students.

Police say gunmen stormed the campus on Wednesday evening opening fire and setting off

explosives. This attack ended several hours later when police entered the building and killed two gunmen. A suicide attacker blew himself up. No

group has claimed responsibility, but the Taliban have recently increased attacks across Afghanistan.

You're watching News Stream. And still to come, South Korea's infamous Brother's Home and it's legacy of abuse.

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LU STOUT: Coming to you live from Hong Kong, you're back watching News Stream.

Now, one of South Korea's most shameful episodes still hasn't been dealt with in any meaningful way. Head of the Seoul Olympics in 1988, in an

effort to clean up the streets, thousands of people were rounded up and sent to an infamous institution called Brother's Home. Hundreds died.

Paula Hancocks reports on the abuses committed and the cover up that followed.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

PAULA HANCOCKS, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Hyung Jong-soon (ph) says dogs never betray you. His three given the unconditional love he's craved

all his life. Hyung (ph) is one of thousands of victims of what local rights groups call one of South Korea's worst human rights abuses.

Brother's Home, shown in this promotional video, was a state subsidized welfare facility in the southern city of Puson (ph) in the 1970s and '80s,

created after presidential directives to clean up the streets and house so-called vagrants, but an investigation by the local

prosecutor in 1987 found less than 10 percent were considered vagrants, others were shoe shiners, gum sellers, drunks, even children

were who lost, forcefully detained by police.

Hyung (ph) was just 8 when his father left him and his 10-year-old sister at a local police station struggling to take care of them on his own.

Transferred to Brother's Home, he says the beatings started the very next day.

"They would tie my hands and legs," he says, "beat me and splash ice cold water on my body. My skin felt like it was bursting and ripping. They

pushed my head into an ice cold tub until I couldn't breathe, then pulled me out and beat me with a club."

Hyung (ph) shows me pictures he started drawing four years ago to try to come to terms with what happened.

The guards, themselves inmates who had risen to power, often sexually abused the younger boys, he says, including him.

When Hyung's (ph) father was brought into Brother's Home in 1986, Hyung (ph) says he was then sure he would die there.

Victims have spoken of bodies being buried in the mountain behind the facility. Hyung (ph) says he saw at least four people beaten to death.

The image of one man still haunts him.

"His head was cracked open," he tells me. "He couldn't move. His eyes rolled back. He was drooling. Those who beat him tried to revive him with

water, but couldn't."

Disturbing details confirmed by this man, Kim Yong-wan, once an eager young prosecutor from Othan District (ph), who stumbled across the abuse in 1987

and started an investigation.

He shows me official records, showing 513 inmates died over a decade. He says the true number is likely far higher.

Are these are the ages of those who deceased? 18, 20, 16.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

HANCOCKS: Some who died were as young as 6.

Causes of death most often given heart failure and weakness. I raided the home with detectives, he says. We saw thousands of inmates, far more than

expected. It was a perfect detainment facility, not a welfare facility, locked from the inside and out.

Kim's investigation found evidence of slave labor, factories and construction sites where the inmates worked from dawn to dusk without pay.

He says he found evidence the owner Park Gyun-goon (ph) had embezzled more than $1

million. Park, seen in this promotional,video had been awarded two state medals for social welfare achievements and had friends in high places,

according to Kim. He says his investigation was immediately restricted and sabotaged by his superiors. He says he was pressured to release Park and

lessen the charges.

Park was eventually sentenced to two-and-a-half years for embezzlement and minor charges. We were unable to reach him for comment. But in his auto-

biography, he denies all accusations of wrongdoing. Neither Osan (ph) prosecutor's nor Puson (ph) city hall

offered a comment despite repeated requests. The interior ministry says past affairs are very complicated and need a special committee to conduct

the investigation.

A parliamentary bill needs to be passed to set up that committee. Opposition lawmakers have been pushing it for two years.

Hyung (ph) says he needs justice for himself and for his sister and father, both have been in and

out of mental institutions since Brother's Home closed almost 30 years ago. Hyung (ph) says without closure he can never imagine being able to bring

his family back together.

Paula Hancocks, CNN, Seoul.

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LU STOUT: Now, South Korea is preparing to host the 2018 Winter Olympics in the city of PyeongChang. And earlier, I spoke to Minky Warden from

Human Rights Watch about how countries prepare for mega sporting events like the Olympics and what we should expect from South Korea this time

around.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

MINKY WARDEN, HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: When a country hosts a mega-sporting event like the Olympics or the World Cup, I think there's a tendency for

the government to want to clean things up. We saw this in Beijing ahead of the 2008 Olympics and even, for example, when countries are bidding for the

Olympics, they go around and scoop up homeless people, street children and they

generally want to make the country look shiny and beautiful.

An example of this we also saw in Brazil, ahead of the Olympics, that have just taken place. And that is entire communities, Favelas, which had a

rich tradition of arts, of people living and working together, were demolished and people were bulldozed from their homes without proper

compensation or consultation.

LU STOUT: And back to what happened decades ago in South Korea with the abuses at Brother's Home, I mean there has been no compensation, no apology

from the South Korean government. Will that change, especially ahead of the next Winter Games, which will be hosted in South Korea?

WARDEN: The past tragic history brings with it an obligation for the South Korean -- these South Korean Olympics, the next ones, to really be

exemplary in every way. They should uphold human rights end to end. And that means from the entire lifecycle really starting with the preparations,

starting now, are worker's rights being respected in the building of infrastructure, are critics in the local

community being consulted as the Olympics roll ahead?

So I think the past catastrophe and the destruction of lives really brings with it an obligation for the South Korean government to apologize for what

happened in the past, to remedy with compensation or in other ways, but also looking forward to make the next Olympics a showcase for human rights.

[08:25:31] LU STOUT: You have documented exhaustively human rights risks for Olympic host countries and potential Olympic host countries. Is this a

message that the International Olympic Committee is receptive to?

WARDEN: The risks around human rights for a mega-sporting event like the Olympics are very knowable, they're anticipatable, and that means that

they're preventable. So you mentioned migrant labor abuses. If you know that you are awarding an Olympics to a government that already has

pre-existing migrant labor abuse problems, it is absolutely guaranteed that the Olympics will exacerbate those problems.

So I think that brings with it the responsibility for the International Olympic Committee to step up and lead. There have been some important

strides in this area, but there's a lot more that can be done.

And I think it starts really with the -- it's the whole life cycle of the Olympics, so it starts for example with the host city contract. It is

possible to embed in the host city contract human rights assessments and protections. When we know that governments that are repressive are seeking

to host these mega-sporting events, they get the opportunity to burnish their images on the world stage and hide things that they don't want the

world to see. I think that that is -- that says that the IOC has an affirmative duty to step up and put in place protections.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: And that was Minky Warden from Human Rights Watch. And we want to address one of her points in the interview and note that Brazil says it

did offer adequate compensation those who were moved from the recent Olympics.

Now, I want to show you a new photo of Kim Jong-un. The North Korean leader grinning ear to ear. He is celebrating what he calls, quote, the

greatest success and victory. He is referring to the testing of a submarine based ballistic missile. South Korea says the missile flew 500

kilometers, its performance was better than previous launches.

Now still ahead right here on News Stream, a Canadian safe house that's fighting the effects of a horrible crime and helping the residents heal.

The CNN Freedom Project is straight ahead.

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[08:31:29] LU STOUT: And now to the U.S. presidential dcampaign. republican candidate Donald Trump has shifted his stance on immigration.

He now says that he would allow some undocumented immigrants to stay in the United States.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

DONALD TRUMP, REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE; Everybody agrees we get the bad ones out. But when I go through and meet thousands and thousands

of people on this subject and I've had very strong people come up to me, really great, great people come up to me and they've said, Mr. Trump, I

love you, but to take a person that's been here for 15 or 20 years and throw them and their family out, it's so tough, Mr. Trump. I mean I have

it all the time. It's a very, very hard thing.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT; Also, Trump accused the Democrats candidate of using public office for personal gain. He says foreign governments and business leaders

gave generously while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state. And they expected something in return.

Now, in an interview with CNN, Clinton denied it.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

HILLARY CLINTON, DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Well, Trump has said is ridiculous. My work as secretary of state was not influenced by any

outside forces. I made policy decisions based on what I thought was right to keep Americans safe and protect U.S. interests abroad. No wild

political attack by Donald Trump is going to change that.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: And that was Hillary Clinton speaking to CNN's Anderson Cooper.

All this week CNN Freedom Project is looking into sex trafficking in Canada's indigenous communities. Many young people who fall victim to

traffickers come from remote villages. And iun her latest report, Paula Newman travels to a healing lodge where one survivor is recovering from her

painful experiences.

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PAULA NEWTON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The location is hidden. This is meant to be a safe house. An actual setting evokes peace and a sense of freedom. For

months, this rural, healing lodge has sheltered Lauren Chopeck and cradles her with the love and protection she still needed.

LAUREN CHOPECK, SEX TRAFFICKING VICTIM: It was really important. If I didn't come here, I probably would have died or something. I remember

waking up some mornings like -- just really thankful that I'm not in a crappy, unsafe place in the city somewhere, that you can, like, look

outside and hear all the birds and peaceful.

NEWTON: Just 14, when she arrived Lauren had already survived a lifetime of pain. An emotionally troubled child, Lauren would at times run away from

home. Eventually, she felt victim to sexual exploitation and trafficking on the streets of Winnipeg.

The breaking point came when Lauren went missing for nine days, lured to a hotel by an older man.

CHOPECK: People used to believe me when I said I was 20 years old. Now, when I think about that, I was only 14. I looked like a freaking child.

NEWTON: So, only now, five years later, that she realizes how vulnerable she was.

CHOPECK: When you experience sexual abuse, it's -- it's really confusing. You never know if it's your fault or is it theirs.

NEWTON: Lauren blamed herself and that made healing that much more difficult.

CHOPECK: Before I move here I used to blame myself, and even during the time I was living here I used to blame myself for everything. I would say I

let them do that to me. I am dirty. It's all my fault.

[8:35:30] NEWTON: But here at the healing lodge named Hands of Mother Earth or HOME, Lauren says she truly came to understand that she was a

victim. HOME helped her connect with indigenous culture and promoted a spiritual path to healing that no one had ever shown her before.

CHOPECK: When you look at yourself and all you see is bad and someone else will look at you and all they see is good. This feels like my safe place.

The staff are like my family.

NEWTON: Diane Redsky is the executive director of Ma Mawi, the charity that conceived of and runs the home. She says the fact that indigenous youth

comprise the majority of sex trafficking in victims in Manitoba, means the rehabilitation programs need a special cultural and spiritual focus.

DIANE REDSKY, MA MAWI WI CHI ITATA CENTRE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: The indigenous community is really rising up and has been the leader in the

forefront on the healing that needs to happen on looking at the prevention pieces and supporting victims.

And there is a very unique way to support victims. It's not to criminalize them anymore or to victimize them any more than they already have been. It

really is, as we say, loving them back to health.

NEWTON: When she was here, Lauren embraced a traditional indigenous spirit name. She is striking eagle. And she says she's starting to believe in what

that name stands for, a person who will leave a mark on this earth.

Paula Newton, CNN, in rural Manitoba.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

LU STOUT: Wow, that refuge is such a safe and important place.

Now tomorrow you're going to hear from a prosecutor and others fighting for justice, for the victims of sex trafficking.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: There's no question that this is a very difficult area to prosecute for a whole number of reasons.

NEWTON: This year, she successfully prosecuted 46-year-old Darrell Ackman, sentenced to 15 years for leaving off the veils of prostitution, making

child pornography and sexual assault. Seven victims came forward, five of them children. Two committed suicide before a verdict was even reached.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

LU STOUT: That story tomorrow on our Freedom Project series, it's called Canada's Stolen Daughters. You can watch it only right here on CNN.

And do stay with News Stream. We have got more in just a moment.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): My style is walking with my camera and intentionally keeping my head empty. I always liked taking

photos and having my photo taken. It was my hobby. I got really into it because of Instagram's users all over the world

I started wanting to show and wanting the world to know parts of Japan.

There are four seasons in Japan -- you see cherry blossoms, red leaves and snow during winter. I really like that all year round Tokyo shows

different faces.

I like the Tokyo tower because the red color stands out in the big city. The reason why I put up an umbrella and took pictures of the Tokyo tower is

that I thought it was boring to take a photo as it was. I got inspired and wanted to take photos with rain drops and Tokyo tower together.

I want people to see this panoramic view of Tokyo from the observatory, but rather than a sunny day, I like a bit of bad weather like this better when

I take photos. It's fun to take photos on a sunny day, but I think I can see more unique scenery or landscape in bad weather.

Tokyo tower looks like it's a shining a ray of light in a lonely concrete jungle city.

Roppongi is where people enjoy night life. What I like about Roppongi is that I can find a little healing spot between, like Kinhito Park (ph)

between modern buildings and it's totally different during the daytime and nighttime. I suggest people to walk around the town all day with the

camera. What I recommend is there are lots of highlights like midtown, Roppongi Hills and museums. If you want to take photos, I recommend

nighttime.

The reason is that Roppongi is a place for night life. And there are lots of people coming out to the town for fun from all around the world.

LU STOUT: Now, #mytokyo showcases this remarkable city through the eyes of the people there. And you can also get in on the fun, just post pictures

of special places like a snap shot of old Tokyo and just add the #mytokyo, or #cnnmytokyo.

It can be anything from Tokyo street style to street food. Or you can just go and check out some of the photos already shared on our website CNN.com.

And that is News Stream. I'm Kristie Lu Stout.

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