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Was Your Seafood Caught with Forced Labor? New Tool Gives Insight

Was your seafood caught with forced labor? That’s the big question for U.S. retailers and seafood importers, and a new database [...]

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Appeals Court: Prison Forced Labor Covers 60,000 Detainees

A federal appeals court in Colorado has ruled that a lawsuit brought by nine immigrant detainees alleging forced labor in a detention [...]

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African Migrants Bought and Sold Across Libya’s Prisons

When Mohammed slaved away on his owner’s tomato field in Libya, he would often remember the days he was free. From Niger, [...]

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Hospitals Gear Up For New Diagnosis: Human Trafficking

When a woman arrived at the emergency department at Huntington Hospital on New York’s Long Island after being hit by her [...]

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How Hurricane Katrina recovery workers became trapped in forced labor

Squalid work camps, 24-hour shifts, heavy surveillance, and withheld wages: these were the conditions that 500 Indian workers became [...]

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Crackdown on fast fashion giant, Shein, for Uyghur forced labor

Crackdown on fast fashion giant, Shein, for Uyghur forced labor

Policy makers join advocates in calling for action against Shein skirting U.S. Uyghur forced labor import restrictions.

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Forced prison labor still alive in Colorado

Forced prison labor still alive in Colorado – illegally, advocates say

In a historic move, five years ago, Colorado made a significant constitutional shift, taking a bold stance against slavery and [...]

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Despite being outlawed, debt bondage plagues India’s labor force

NPR News relays the story of Shanta Bai, a farmworker in rural India, who was locked in a chicken coop for a week by her employer, [...]

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Pope’s Words Emphasize Human Rights

When it comes to global health and development, the pontiff made it plain as day: We are all to blame for earth's problems.

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Seasonal Marriage Law Debated

Have you ever heard of a law called "seasonal marriage"? Such a law actually exists in Egypt. And the government is aiming to help [...]

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San Antonio Trailer Tragedy: What It Says About Human Trafficking

The deaths last week of 10 people in the back of a hot tractor-trailer in San Antonio spotlights the dangers that illegal immigrants [...]

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