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UK Firms Must Prove No Links to Slavery

Legislation requiring large companies to publish evidence online is designed to force them to take responsibility for working [...]

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UN Children’s Fund: Disturbing Figures

The UN Children's Fund released figures this week that indicate nearly a forth of all school children in the world are living in [...]

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Close loopholes that allow forced child marriage in the UK

Four co-chairs of Girls Not Brides UK call for action to stop forced marriage. In a statement published in The Guardian, Naana [...]

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Exploited Fruit Pickers in Victoria ‘Brainwashed’

An undercover Malaysian journalist has uncovered abuses of migrant workers working on fruit farms in Victoria, Australia. Saiful Hasam, [...]

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The Foreign Diplomats Who Enslave Domestic Workers

The Salvation Army Freedom Partnership says exploited domestic workers hired by foreign diplomats in Australia face “unparalleled [...]

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In a First, 19-Year-Old British Man Granted Protection from Forced Marriage

In a remarkable first, a 19-year-old British man in South Yorkshire has been granted a police safeguarding order to protect him from [...]

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Will Nigeria Act to Protect Domestic Workers?

Domestic work is not regulated by law in many parts of the world, leaving workers vulnerable to exploitation, violence, and even forced [...]

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The Team Rescuing Children Aboard India’s Railways

Half a million passengers pass through the Old Delhi railway station every day. This includes children who are being trafficked, [...]

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Frustration as Judge OKs £1/hr Wages for Immigrant Detainees

A high court judge in the UK has ruled that it is legal for those held in immigration detention centers to be paid only one pound per [...]

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Detained at Heathrow, Trafficking Victim who Miscarried Receives £50k

She arrived at Heathrow airport in July 2016 when she started bleeding and suffering immense pain. She was eight weeks pregnant, the [...]

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Know the warning signs: child victims of drug gangs need support

At just fifteen years old, Josh* was caught with cannabis and pockets full of cash. The police escorted him home but no referrals were [...]

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New Zealand-based Samoan chief found guilty of human trafficking and slavery

Joseph Auga Matamata, a Samoan chief in New Zealand, was found guilty at the High Court in Napier of 13 counts of slavery and 10 counts [...]

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Freedom United signs petition urging U.S. to ban goods made with forced Uyghur labor

In a petition submitted last week to customs officials, Freedom United joined other civil society groups in urging the U.S. to ban the [...]

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Human Rights Watch urges action against “unprecedented” oppression in Uyghur Region

Human Rights Watch urges action against “unprecedented” oppression in Uyghur Region

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged in a new report that governments must take coordinated, direct action against oppression and forced [...]

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Australia’s Uyghur community pushes government to take action on Uyghur Region

Australian unions call on government to take action against Uyghur forced labor

The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has added its voice to a growing call in Australia for the government to take a strong [...]

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DRC’s cobalt mines: The dark side of the green transport transition

Electric vehicles (EVs) are often presented as a silver bullet for reducing carbon emissions, but a closer look at the green transport [...]

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Human traffickers target Ukrainian refugees on Facebook

An estimated 10 million people have fled Ukraine since the war began a month ago. As in all armed conflicts, the risk of trafficking, [...]

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Sex Trafficking is Big Business in the U.S.

Sex trafficking is big business in the U.S.; annually, in Denver it nets $39.9 million; and in Atlanta, $290 million according to [...]

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Disturbing Increase in Trafficked Children

A disturbing increase in trafficked children used for both labor and sexual exploitation increased last year by 46%. The National [...]

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Lebanon Repeals Law that Allowed Rapists to Marry Victim

A number of Arab states have recently done away with a low that allowed rapists to get off with no punishment if they simply married [...]

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227 Migrants Found in Forced Labor in Sicily

Eight arrests have been made and legal proceedings launched against 33 farming companies in Sicily after police raids found over 220 [...]

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Major UK Ruling on Immigration Status of Trafficking Survivors

A Ghanaian man who was trafficked to the UK and spent years trapped in modern slavery has won a significant victory in the court of [...]

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Illegal ‘Rent a Womb’ Child Surrogacy Ring Broken Up in Cambodia

Thirty-three pregnant Cambodian women who were carrying babies for Chinese clients have been discovered in a police raid in Phnom Penh, [...]

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The Dark Secret of Thailand’s Child Brides

Underage Thai girls in Thailand’s southern border provinces are often forced into marrying older Malaysian men. But Thai [...]

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