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Widespread labor violations were recently found on cotton farms in Madhya Pradesh, India. During Transparentem’s ten-month investigation child labor, debt bondage, abusive working conditions, in addition to other indicators of…

…and indebtedness characterized the indentured labor system that dominated the production of textiles for centuries. In 19th-century India, for example, indentured workers were managed by labor contractors who paid them…

…as people from Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and various African countries. They were told they had to help trick lonely, rich men out of thousands of dollars in so-called romance scams…

A harrowing BBC investigation has unveiled that dozens of workers from the Philippines, Ghana, India, and Sri Lanka may have been trafficked into the U.K. to work for a small…

…undocumented Indian nationals as housekeepers for eight years, depriving them of fair wages, medical care, and basic human dignity. “utter disregard for humanity” Despite suffering headaches after a car accident,…

…of poverty and bonded labor. India’s Jharkhand state is among the world’s leading producers of mica. There, men, women, and even children search for mica to mine and sell. This…

…Indian wage norms because of Shergill’s diplomatic status. Arindam Bagchi, A spokesperson for India’s Ministry of External affairs claims the Australian court has no jurisdiction to hear cases for India-based…

…9, potentially allowing men to marry young girls. As reported by Times of India, the conservative Shia Muslim-dominated parliament is pushing to amend the country’s “personal status law” that would…

…of workers from countries such as the Philippines, Ghana, India, and Sri Lanka may have been trafficked into the U.K. to work for the fishing firm. Despite extensive criminal investigations…

In March, a joint investigation by The New York Times and The Fuller Project exposed the dark reality behind sugarcane production in Maharashtra, India. The report revealed widespread practices of…