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Big business pushes to abandon New South Wales anti-slavery act

It’s the strongest anti-slavery legislation in the world, and the first state law that would mandate penalties for companies that [...]

Nepalese migrant work ban leaves women trapped in exploitation

The sponsorship system of employment present in all, but not only, Gulf countries, grants employers control over employees that leave [...]

U.N. report shows migrant workers in Qatar still suffer under kafala

A new report by the U.N., due to be presented at the U.N. Human Rights Council this week, found that migrant workers in Qatar are [...]

Independent legal review finds China in full breach of Genocide Convention

Washington, D.C. non-partisan think tank, Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy, this week published an in-depth report [...]

Qatar’s migrant workers still exploited despite labor reforms

Qatar once again made the headlines for exploitative working conditions for migrants. This week, the Guardian investigated the [...]

U.K. fast-track deportation plans impacting Vietnamese trafficking survivors

U.K. fast-track deportation plans impacting trafficking survivors

A large number of Vietnamese potential trafficking survivors in the U.K. are being detained and caught up in plans for deportation [...]

Dubai’s Expo 2022 under spotlight for migrant worker abuses

Since opening in October 2021, the Expo show hosted in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is expected to attract tens of millions [...]

Children recruited into orphanages to meet volunteer demand

Girls bought and sold “like a chicken” in Niger

In Niger today, tens of thousands of people are enslaved, trapped in generational cycles. Slavery remains deeply entrenched in Niger [...]

The trafficking victims behind Cambodia’s online scam companies

Xu Mingjian lay on the ground in pain as his captors laughed at him. He had injured his spine trying to escape from a building in [...]

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

Migrant workers feel unsafe in Australia

A new poll by an Australian migrants rights NGO has revealed that a substantial number of migrants find themselves in precarious work [...]

When it comes to modern slavery, “trusting a company’s word” doesn’t suffice

MPs and anti-slavery groups are sounding the alarm after recent revelations that ministers in the U.K. are simply “taking the [...]

Rights campaigners and Fashion Council oppose Shein joining London’s stock exchange

Shein has long been plagued by accusations of exploitative and forced labor conditions in its supply chains. In addition, it has faced [...]

Australia appoints first anti-slavery commissioner

The Australian government has appointed Chris Evans, former Labor minister and former chief executive of Walk Free’s Global Freedom [...]

Will 8-Year-Old Boy be Forced into Marriage?

UK officials are trying to prevent an 8-year-old boy from being forced into a child marriage. And there are scores of other children [...]

Stand Up to the World’s Richest Nation and Oppose Modern Slavery

The Qatari government continues to fail in reforming its migrant labor system. Its kafala sponsorship system means migrant workers live [...]

Domestic Workers Win Supreme Court Case Against Saudi Diplomat

The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of two domestic workers in the UK who were exploited by their former employer, Jarallah al-Malki, [...]

Victims Testify Against Traffickers But End Up Homeless

Victims of human trafficking are testifying against their traffickers in court in Britain, but many of them are ending up homeless due [...]

Survivor: Forced Marriage is Not a ‘Cultural Practice’ — It’s Modern Slavery

Survivors of forced marriage in the UK are calling for the crime to be treated as a form of modern slavery and for perpetrators to be [...]

‘This is Human Trafficking’: After Maria, Puerto Rico to Move 3,200 Inmates to Arizona

Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico last year, leaving many parts of the island in disrepair. In the aftermath, Puerto Rico’s [...]

Forced Marriage Activist at Center of Sexual Harassment Case

Jasvinder Sanghera, the founder of charity Karma Nirvana and vocal campaigner against forced marriage, has revealed that she is the [...]

Uyghur Governor Suggests Xinjiang Camps May Be Phased Out

Officials in Xinjiang are hinting that China’s controversial detention camps — where forced labor has been alleged — may one day [...]

Is Fairtrade Finished?

Fairtrade changed the way many Western consumers shopped, but a perplexing trend is putting the very idea of fair trade in question — [...]

Cuba’s secret deal with Qatar to take up to 90% of doctors’ wages

West of Doha in the middle of the desert you’ll find a small hospital. In front are two flags—one of Qatar and one of Cuba. And [...]

Young woman retrafficked as UK repeatedly fails to provide support

An extremely vulnerable young victim of trafficking and sexual exploitation has been failed several times by the UK’s interior [...]