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She was a 17-year-old on a bus from her home in northeast India, ready to cross the border into Myanmar. A man in her neighborhood had promised her a job…

Tamil Nadu and Karnataka are two Indian states that lead in the number of people rescued from bonded labor. NDTV reports that the problem is so severe that the central…

…of them were given release certificates that entitled bonded workers to 300,000 Indian rupees ($4,600) compensation in their home state. Bonded labor is widespread across India, but the Ministry of…

…diplomats. While many domestic workers are from the Philippines, Indonesia, and India, they usually come to the UK via countries like Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, and the UAE. Several…

Haji Khan spent years scouring the streets of Hyderabad in search of young Indian girls to marry off to men visiting from Gulf States. Earning 10,000 rupees ($150) for each…

…harm India’s image and exports” and that the country must discredit reports citing “India as home to the highest number of slaves in the world.” Data compiled by these two…

According to Reuters, thousands of activists came together in southern India on Monday. The event they were attending may well be the world’s most massive march against trafficking and sexual…

A 13-year-old girl who had been held captive in domestic servitude by a 23-year-old woman in India jumped from the 11th floor of the apartment building in Faridabad. The child…

…and Estee Lauder also omitted mentioning the risk of slavery associated with mica, a sparkly mineral used in make-up that is largely mined by children in India. CORE reports that…

Under India’s Bonded Labor System (Abolition) Act of 1976 forced labor is prohibited. On paper the law looks good, and since May 2016 freed bonded laborers became entitled to government…