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Construction workers

July 3, 2020 Pandemic could be opportunity to improve plight of migrant workers in Middle ...

Cotton field

July 3, 2020 With Brexit, U.K. has key opportunity to take a stand on Uzbek cotton

Mediterranean coastline

July 2, 2020 Libyan coastguard returns 93 rescued migrants to country after six die

justice

June 20, 2020 NAACP sues Arizona over prison slavery

São paulo construction

June 18, 2020 Brazilian anti-slavery blacklist fails to prevent firms winning state contracts

Detention facility

June 18, 2020 Migrants allegedly forced to clean coronavirus-hit detention facility in U.S.

US capitol close-up

June 12, 2020 Uyghur activist urges U.S. to go beyond newly passed bill

UAE construction workers

June 11, 2020 Anti-kafala activists join global protests against racial injustice

London street

June 11, 2020 Former U.K. minister: current immigration policy exacerbates modern slavery

Prison fence

June 5, 2020 The American corporations complicit in the forced labor of Black Americans

London underground essential workers sign

June 5, 2020 “Essential” yet neglected: U.K. migrant workers unprotected from pandemic

Construction worker

June 5, 2020 Gulf states are failing to protect migrant workers during pandemic

Construction silhouette

June 4, 2020 British modern slavery hotline calls jumped last year

fishermen thailand

May 29, 2020 Fishermen in Thailand report exploitation but receive no justice

US Capitol

May 29, 2020 Bill to sanction Chinese government over XUAR passed in U.S. Congress

African children playing

May 29, 2020 The Nigerian children lost to forced marriage and forced labor

Road construction

May 15, 2020 New lawsuit accuses E.U. of funding forced labor in Eritrea

Tomato plant

May 15, 2020 Italian government announces amnesty for undocumented migrants

fishing vessel

May 14, 2020 Indonesian fishermen allegedly forced to work to death on Chinese vessel

person in street

May 6, 2020 Bleak outlook for informal workers in India post-lockdown

tunisia

May 6, 2020 Forced labor widespread for Black Africans in Tunisia

hotel hallway

May 6, 2020 As U.K. plans to ease lockdown, anti-slavery chief warns of hotel trafficking...

california farm

May 1, 2020 Concerns for migrant workers in U.S. farms and meat plants as COVID-19 spreads

waste disposal

April 30, 2020 Pandemic poses great risks to India’s most marginalized

April 24, 2020 Rights groups call on UK to ban cotton imports from XUAR

April 17, 2020 Uzbekistan calls for end of cotton boycott, but Cotton Campaign holds its ground

April 17, 2020 As we recognize health workers as heroes, we cannot forget those who make the...

April 15, 2020 FGV appeals after certification for palm oil mills suspended

April 10, 2020 How Samoan chief enslaved and abused for 25 years in New Zealand

detention center

April 10, 2020 Further warnings of grave coronavirus threat to migrants in Libya

brazil construction workers

April 8, 2020 Religious cult and building firm found using forced labor in Brazil

April 7, 2020 ICE detainees fail to refuse working despite a lack of basic coronavirus prot...

April 3, 2020 Coronavirus leaves informal domestic workers at risk of exploitation

March 27, 2020 Medical glove shortage sees US lift ban on company accused of forced labor

March 26, 2020 Refugees subjected to forced labor in Libya now threatened by coronavirus

sewing machine worker

March 17, 2020 British academic warns the UK could have own Rana Plaza disaster

March 17, 2020 Qatar’s annual workers’ welfare report reignites calls for labor ...

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March 13, 2020 U.S. government and businesses urged to take action on forced labor in China

March 12, 2020 New reports show insufficient progress against forced labor in Thailand

March 11, 2020 New York makes own hand sanitizer to fight coronavirus — using prison labor

March 6, 2020 Apple, Nike, and other top brands linked to forced labor of China’s Uyghurs

March 4, 2020 Supreme court rules that Nevsun can be sued in Canada

February 28, 2020 Allegations of child labor prompt Nespresso investigation

February 27, 2020 Modern slavery lurks behind South Africa’s spaza shops

mine

February 20, 2020 Debt bondage and child labor thrive in Pakistan’s coal mines

qatar stadium

February 20, 2020 World Cup workers in Qatar remain unprotected from wage delays

lebanon people walking

February 7, 2020 Economic crisis further endangers migrant workers in Lebanon

cotton

February 7, 2020 Progress in Uzbekistan but more action needed to end forced labor