This week is Fashion Revolution Week — a global campaign that calls for greater transparency in all fashion supply chains, from Primark [...]
Source: Evening Standard
Facebook ‘Must Stop Migrants Being Lured to Their Deaths’
Britain’s top law enforcement body, the National Crime Agency, is slamming Facebook for allowing migrants to be ‘lured to [...]
Some survivors of slavery are barred from working. Is that fair?
Slavery victims in the UK are being ‘left in limbo’ for years as the government is taking years to decide on their asylum [...]
Princess Eugenie announces podcast ‘Freedom United’ as part of her anti-trafficking initiative
U.K. tackles exploitation in London embassies
When working as a cook in the Sudanese embassy in London, Fatima Benkharbouche faced exploitation: her employer failed to pay her [...]
Here’s How You Can Help Stop Modern Slavery
There is a new platform initiated by the Evening Standard that shows Londoners that they have the power to help stop modern-day [...]
Round Table Task Force to Tackle the Issues of Modern Slavery
The Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, served as chair today at the Evening Standard’s first round table on [...]
Sex Trafficking Survivor Tells Her Story
Hannah had been with her boyfriend — a man she would have once described as charming — for a few months before he asked her [...]
The Nexus Between Domestic Violence and Modern Slavery
Shelters for victims of domestic violence in the UK are in a unique position to identify victims of modern slavery, reports the Evening [...]
Anti-Slavery Protesters Descend on Libyan Embassy
Hundreds of protesters rallied outside of the Libyan embassy in London this weekend, demanding an end to the slave trade that many call [...]
Pope Francis Thanks Evening Standard for Modern Slavery Report
Pope Francis has been presented the Evening Standard’s “Slaves on Our Streets” report at the Vatican. Archbishop of [...]
Freedom United: Commonwealth Must ‘Commit to Ending Slavery’
Freedom United delivered its petition with 64,713 supporter signatures calling on the Commonwealth to commit to ending slavery in all [...]