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Category: Anti-slavery activists

World Book Day 2025 Speak Free

5 books to check out on World Book Day

Thursday April 17, 2025

Books do more than just tell stories—they open doors into lives we might never otherwise see. This World Book Day, my colleagues and I [...]

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Remembering, reckoning and repairing: the importance of teaching history for a slavery-free world

Tuesday August 22, 2023

The Transatlantic Slave Trade was rooted in race. It solidified the concept of white supremacy and the systematic displacement of [...]

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Emancipation Day and the call for reparations

Monday July 31, 2023

What do reparations movements look like where you are? Share your comments below! In the Caribbean, August 1 is Emancipation Day, an [...]

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Kenyan domestic worker stranded in Lebanon over inability to buy her flight ticket

Friday June 16, 2023

This piece is an account written by Wanja Kimani who helped support Catherine Ranji, a migrant domestic worker in Lebanon. June 19, [...]

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David Yambio: “EU policy is killing us”

Tuesday May 16, 2023

Video credit: Refugees in Libya “We have been killed, we have been raped, we have been tortured, we have been extorted, and we have [...]

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Open Letter to CBP on Trade Data Transparency

Friday October 21, 2022

This week, the news broke that a group of major U.S. businesses, including Walmart, General Motors and Intel, as part of the Commercial [...]

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Designer Louise Xin’s mission to fight forced labor with fashion

Friday September 30, 2022

Photo credit: Emma Grann Louise Xin makes stunning, one-of-a-kind dresses that almost float down runways with an ethereal quality. Xin [...]

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“The whole country is modern slavery” – an interview with Ji Hyun Park

Friday August 5, 2022

Few manage to escape North Korea’s horrific totalitarian regime. But, under impossible circumstances, Ji Hyun Park escaped twice, [...]

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“Until we win”: Domestic workers’ relentless fight against exploitation

Tuesday June 14, 2022

“[With the Freedom United] petition I feel like I have people behind me. I feel so strong. […] I feel like people are starting to hear [...]

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Climate inaction is undermining anti-slavery efforts

Friday August 20, 2021

Read our joint letter to world leaders urgently calling on them to recognize the link between climate-induced migration and modern [...]

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Survey results: What our supporters want from Freedom United in 2024

Wednesday January 24, 2024

We can’t wait to share the results of our 2023 supporter survey! Thanks to you, we now have a clearer picture of how YOU want to see [...]

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Survey results: What our supporters want from Freedom United in 2025

Thursday February 20, 2025

  We are excited to share the results of our most recent community survey! Thanks to your feedback, we have a clearer [...]

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