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INTERVIEW: Why does Freedom United use the term ‘modern slavery’?

Friday November 20, 2020

This interview with Freedom United’s Executive Director, Joanna Ewart James, was originally published in openDemocracy. Joanna [...]

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A migrant workers' shanty town in Apulia, southern Italy Speak Free

Forced labor in Italy cannot be tackled without international law

Friday November 6, 2020

This article by our Advocacy Officer Carlo Ladd was originally published in Italian in Affari Italiani. The world’s most important [...]

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Map of Eritrea Speak Free

Eritrea and forced labor: a history in photos

Monday September 7, 2020

Photo essay by guest contributor Martin Plaut, a fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, the former BBC World Service Africa [...]

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Rahima Mahmut Speak Free

“What is happening in my homeland is cultural genocide”

Friday May 15, 2020

Uyghur activist Rahima Mahmut shares how the Chinese government’s repressive system of forced labor in the Uyghur Region has [...]

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