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July 3, 2020 Victims of trafficking with children win case for more support in the U.K.

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July 3, 2020 The warning signs in this year’s Trafficking in Persons report

Construction workers

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

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

Woman from back

June 25, 2020 U.K. failing to support thousands of potential trafficking victims

Libya desert

June 25, 2020 Migrant worker murders in Libya lead to arrests in Bangladesh

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June 20, 2020 NAACP sues Arizona over prison slavery

UK high street during lockdown

June 18, 2020 U.K. trafficking victims on “cliff edge” as government cuts support during pa...

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June 18, 2020 Australia’s anti-slavery efforts risk being derailed by business interests

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

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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

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

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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

US Capitol

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

Chainlink Fence

May 21, 2020 U.K. government admits to unlawfully detaining trafficking victim

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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

April 24, 2020 Migrant domestic workers in UK need stronger protections during pandemic

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

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April 9, 2020 U.N. calls for healthcare for all migrants, trafficking victims during corona...

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

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April 2, 2020 The impact of coronavirus on child victims of trafficking

April 2, 2020 Calls for faster progress on fifth anniversary of UK Modern Slavery Act

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

March 26, 2020 UK’s modern slavery victims could be dealt double blow by COVID-19 pandemic

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March 26, 2020 Brazil facilitates residency visas for human trafficking survivors – if they ...

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 UK anti-slavery chief calls for child trafficking to be dealt with locally

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

March 4, 2020 Record number of UK asylum seekers waiting over six months for decision

February 28, 2020 Mauritania joins Human Rights Council amid outcry over its slavery record

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February 27, 2020 International law on organized crime key in tackling human trafficking

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February 13, 2020 New database shows almost half of countries don’t criminalize slavery

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February 13, 2020 Potential victims of trafficking risk deportation to Jamaica

man in the UK

February 7, 2020 Law proposed to lift ban on asylum seekers’ right to work

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February 7, 2020 Outrage as government in Turkey proposes ‘marry your rapist’ law

Pauline Latham MP, Sarah Champion MP

January 30, 2020 UK MPs back Payzee’s call to end child marriage

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January 28, 2020 Amnesty for undocumented migrants scrapped

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January 23, 2020 US anti-trafficking rhetoric at odds with immigration policy

January 16, 2020 Qatar takes further steps to abolish kafala system

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January 3, 2020 UK pushing people back into exploitation as they wait years for decision

January 2, 2020 Tackling modern slavery in 2020

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December 30, 2019 Forced labor punishment for sex workers scrapped in China