Is law the best weapon to fight trafficking? Perhaps. For example, when important cases go to court, it can change large company [...]
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Slave Workforce Rescued in UK
A slave workforce was rescued by Hope For Justice in a daring mission in West Yorkshire. The freed men were forced to work long hours [...]
Indian Children Forced To Beg
Nearly 300,000 Indian children are drugged and beaten every day. They are forced to beg in the streets, a multi-million rupee business [...]
Seventeen Australians Trapped in Xinjiang Labor Camps
Seventeen Australian residents are reportedly being detained in Xinjiang labor camps in the far western Chinese province. Over one [...]
Did the U.S. State Department Spare Oman?
In its desire to agree upon a nuclear pact with Iran, did the U.S. State Department spare Oman the human rights rebuke it deserved? [...]
Forced Marriage Statistics
Forced marriage is defined as one in which one or both spouses do not consent to the marriage and violence, threats or any other form [...]
Cambodian Villagers Sue U.S. and Thai Employers
Rural Cambodian villagers are suing four U.S. and Thai employers, claiming they were trafficked and forced to work in disturbing [...]
$1 Million Awarded to Child Workers of Utah Fundamentalist Sect
A judge has ordered a Utah contracting company to pay $1 million in unpaid wages to 104 children of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus [...]
Witness Protection before Thai Trafficking Trial Starts?
A major human trafficking trial is about to begin in Thailand and activists are calling for a strong witness protection program...
“Blood Bricks” of Bonded Slaves
Blood bricks, made by slaves trying hopelessly to pay off debt at the many kilns in India and elsewhere, are the materials from which [...]
Myanmar Downgraded Again
Myanmar downgraded again by the United States. It will be put it on the global list of worst offenders regarding human trafficking in [...]
Three arrested over modern slavery at Welsh care homes
Three men have been arrested in a police raid on two care homes in Wales over claims that staff were victims of modern slavery. Gwent [...]
A Sex Trafficking Survivor Reaches Out to Help Underaged Girls
Sunita Duanwar was just 14 when she was trapped in a Mumbai brothel, sold into the sex industry and locked in a room until she was [...]
Indian Law Allows Working Children
A new Indian law allows children to work in a family business. But advocates say they are concerned. The law may interfere with [...]
Bahrain and India Agree to Curb Trafficking
Bahrain and India have both agreed in an official statement to work together to curb human trafficking, to rescue victims, and to offer [...]
TIP Report Released–Myanmar Downgraded
Today's Trafficking in Persons report (TIP) was watched closely by human rights advocates. United States placed Myanmar, Uzbekistan, [...]
Testimonies and complicity in the forced organ harvesting trade
Envir Tothi and Grace Song share their horrific experiences encountering China’s $1 billion-a-year illegal organ harvesting trade, via [...]
Saudi Diplomat Accused of Rape Flees India
By Nita Bhalla NEW DELHI, Sept 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The departure of a Saudi diplomat accused of repeatedly raping and [...]
Did U.S. Downplay Chinese Abuse in Detention Camps?
In 2013 when China ended its atrocious penal system that used forced labor, the U.S. then removed that country from the global [...]
Zimbabwe Strives to End Child Marriage
Zimbabwe outlawed child marriage this year, but many families continue to allow it if they receive a payment. That, however, may now [...]
Yemeni Child Bride Dies After Marriage
In Yemeni, a 13-year-old Yemeni girl named Elham, died of internal injuries just four days after her arranged marriage to a man nearly [...]
Trafficking Survivors Need Counseling
By Emma Batha LONDON, Oct 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Anti-slavery campaigners called on Tuesday for a major increase in research [...]
New Indian Law can Curb Trafficking
A new Indian law aimed at protecting children, can curb trafficking in India...
Kenyan Internally Displaced Persons
Kenyan internally displaced persons (IDP) were surveyed recently in Kenya, and it was learned that 25% had been victims of human [...]