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This December, Human Rights First named Raimi Vincent Parasio as their contemporary abolitionist of the month.
In spite of violence against him and his family, Parasio has continued to fight against slavery in the Congo by cooperatively working with NGOs and government officials to stop sex and labor trafficking in the Republic of the Congo. He keeps exposing wrongs and working with more and more survivors.
In Brazil, the same industries that clear forests are also trapping workers in slave-like conditions. Behind cattle, charcoal and sugarcane production are thousands of people facing threats, unsafe conditions and extreme exploitation. Over three decades, the majority of rescued workers were found in sectors linked to environmental destruction—exposing how vulnerability and weak protections allow abuse to flourish. Forest loss, isolation and forced
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