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Young Bangladeshis Become Victims of Forced Labor in Malaysia

Young people pay large amounts of money to attend private colleges, but it was all just a trick to trap them into forced labor. [...]

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China Gives Child Trafficker Death Penalty

The kingpin of a criminal gang that abducted and trafficked children was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve in the city of [...]

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Defamation Trial Begins for Abused Myanmar Workers in Thailand

The defamation trial of 14 migrant workers from Myanmar who spoke out about labor abuses on a Thai poultry farm began this Wednesday in [...]

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Domestic Worker Forced to Sleep Outside with Rottweiler Passes Away

Adelina, a 21-year-old Indonesian domestic worker, has passed away just a day after she was rescued in Penang, Malaysia. When rescuers [...]

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Unilever Goes Transparent about Palm Oil Supply Chain

Consumer goods company Unilever says it has gone transparent about its palm oil supply chain, publishing details about all the [...]

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Survivors of Domestic Slavery Star in Anti-Trafficking Film

A new short film, A Dream Of A Misty Land, stars survivors of human trafficking as it tells the story of rural teenagers who accept [...]

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Migration Ban on Work in Kuwait Permanent: Duterte

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has declared that the temporary ban on sending new Filipino workers to Kuwait is now permanent, [...]

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Kuwait Extends Olive Branch to Philippines over Migrant Ban

Kuwait has extended an olive branch to the Philippines just days after President Rodrigo Duterte announced a permanent migration ban on [...]

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Australian Cybersex Trafficker Who ‘Chained Victims Like Dogs’ Jailed for Life

The Philippines has sentenced Australian Peter Scully and his Filipina partner to life in prison in one of the most disturbing cases of [...]

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Citing Monopoly, Nepal Bars Its Workers from Malaysia

Nepal has banned its citizens from taking up jobs in Malaysia, citing a company monopoly as the reason behind the move. Malaysia is one [...]

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Nobel Peace Prize Winner Urges World to Act

Nadia Murad accepted the Nobel Peace Prize this Monday in Oslo, urging the world to help free the hundreds of Yazidi women and girls [...]

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