A new report from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has found that the “overwhelming majority” [...]
Source: Al Jazeera
Potential victims of trafficking risk deportation to Jamaica
The UK’s interior ministry deported a number of long-term UK residents with criminal convictions to Jamaica on Tuesday, despite [...]
Lebanon’s financial crisis worsens exploitation of domestic workers
Al Jazeera reports that Lebanon’s current financial crisis heightens the insecurity of domestic workers, particularly migrant domestic [...]
What it’s like to seek support as a U.K. trafficking survivor
Despite the 2019 launch of the Recovery Needs Assessment (RNA), the U.K. Home Office’s specialised support system for trafficking [...]
Nigeria Finds 20,000 Women Sold as Sex Slaves
Nigeria’ anti-trafficking agency, NAPTIP, says it has found 20,000 to 45,000 kidnapped Nigerian women in southern Mali. Many of [...]
More than 50 Nepali women and girls trafficked into India every day
In a photo essay on Sunday, Al Jazeera shed light upon the shocking extent of human trafficking of women and girls in Nepal — [...]
How can modern slavery be stopped?
UN Libya mission to investigate reports of mass graves
A UN Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) is seeking to verify reports of mass graves in a trafficking hub in Libya, according to a report [...]
Facebook Page Shames Employers Accused of Maid Abuse
A post written in seven languages — those spoken by Lebanon’s migrant domestic workers — sits atop the Facebook page of [...]
Death of domestic worker in Lebanon highlights horrors of domestic slavery
The tragic death of Faustina Tay, a Ghanaian domestic worker, following repeated abuse at her job in Lebanon has underscored the urgent [...]
Legacy of the transatlantic slave trade in the U.S.
Nepal workers fight debt bondage of ‘haruwa-charuwa’ system
“We are like the medieval serfs serving a king. Our role in life is understood to be servants of rich men who own vast lands but cannot [...]
Average Age of Nevada Traffickers Between 17 and 27
“When I was a little girl I wanted to be Mariah Carey. I wanted to follow my dream of being a singer, and Las Vegas seemed [...]
Lebanon announces investigation into death of Faustina Tay
The Lebanese government will investigate the death of Ghanaian domestic worker Faustina Tay, who died tragically last month after [...]
Inside Story: How can modern slavery be stopped?
The palm oil industry is lobbying to re-enter the U.S. market
From the moment you wake up and eat your breakfast to the moment you brush your teeth just before you go to bed, chances are you have [...]
Fighting Slavery in Mauritania
Mauritania, an Islamic republic in western Africa, has one of the highest rates of slavery in the world. Due to its caste system, many [...]
Traffickers Tortured Rohingya Buried in Malaysia’s Mass Graves
A new report from the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM) and Fortify Rights is making a stunning claim: crimes against [...]
Further warnings of grave coronavirus threat to migrants in Libya
Concerns have deepened over the “truly catastrophic” threat the coronavirus pandemic poses to refugees and migrants in Libya, many of [...]
UN human rights chief wants to visit Uyghur Region this year
This past week, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, announced at the 47th session of the Human [...]
Enslavement, torture and abuse in Libyan detention facilities, says UN report
“Migrants have been extremely vulnerable to human rights abuses and regularly subjected to acts of slavery, rape and torture” in Libya, [...]
Thai Police Officer asks for Asylum
There may be a defamation case filed against a Thai law enforcement officer, Polide Major-General Paween Ponsirin, who ran to Australia [...]
Cambridge University to Probe How it Benefited from Slavery
The University of Cambridge will launch an investigation into how the institution likely benefited from slavery and labor exploitation, [...]
Man who put Nigerian worker up “for sale” online arrested in Lebanon
Lebanese authorities last week arrested a man suspected of trying to sell a Nigerian domestic worker online. The advertisement was [...]
