The Trump administration is hollowing out the United States’ anti-trafficking capacity at home and abroad. From cutting international [...]
Source: The Guardian
Royal arrest spotlights power in human trafficking
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly the Duke of York, was arrested on Thursday for misconduct in public office. The arrest relates to [...]
Nestle Admits Slavery in Supply Chain
Nestle admits slavery in its supply chain, specifically in the Thai seafood industry...
Child Marriage Issue in Nepal
Child marriage issue in Nepal. Sajita Tamang was only 14 when she was pushed into marriage. But she claims it had nothing to do with love...
UK’s Modern Slavery Hotline Calls Doubled in a Week
According to the National Crime Agency, human trafficking and modern day slavery in the UK is more prevalent than previously believed. [...]
2 Charged with Trafficking after 26 Nigerian Women Found Dead
Two men have been charged in Italy with human trafficking over 150 people after 26 Nigerian women were found dead while attempting to [...]
More than 1 in 10 Politicians in Brazil Funded by Companies ‘Linked to Slavery’
More than one in 10 of Brazil’s top ranking politicians — including President Michel Temer — has received a campaign [...]
Sudanese Teen Noura Saved from Death Penalty for Killing Rapist Husband
Noura Hussein has been spared from the death penalty and found not guilty of premeditated murder by an appeals court in Sudan. However, [...]
‘Slave Labor’ Pay for Immigration Detainees Backed by Home Office
A legal challenge has revealed that UK Home Office ministers overruled their own officials who lobbied for immigration detainees to be [...]
Hundreds of Trafficked Kids ‘Lost’ by Authorities
A quarter of trafficked children who were under the care of local authorities in the UK have gone missing according to new research [...]
€20m EU Scheme in Eritrea Finances Forced Labor
Eritreans living in exile in Europe are charging the European Union with financing forced labor in Eritrea, filing legal proceedings to [...]
Ship of horrors: life and death on the high seas
Forced labor, appalling living conditions, sexual assault, bullying. Working on the high seas is a harsh occupation, but one fleet of [...]
Forced labor and dangerous work environments lead to misery in Qatar
Creating a world spectacle doesn’t happen overnight. It takes several years, a lot of money, and the efforts of many thousands of [...]
Refugees subjected to forced labor in Libya now threatened by coronavirus
Refugees and migrants across Libya, including many survivors of modern slavery, are fearing for their future amid disruptions to aid, [...]
Beirut’s domestic workers struggling to survive in aftermath of explosion
As the coronavirus pandemic exacerbated an existing economic crisis in Lebanon, its many migrant domestic workers already bore the [...]
U.S. massage workers see police as biggest threat to their safety
The Guardian reports that, in the United States, many massage workers are more afraid of police and law enforcement raids than client [...]
Freedom United calls on U.K. government to pass corporate accountability laws
Freedom United and our partners have submitted a letter to the U.K. government calling for the passage of mandatory human rights and [...]
U.K. MPs vote on bill to ban child marriage
UPDATE: The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Bill passed its second reading with government support! We have been waiting [...]
Cadbury faces fresh accusations of child labour on cocoa farms in Ghana
In parting shot, UN Rights Chief accuses China of Uyghur rights abuses
With only 11 minutes to spare, outgoing UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, released her long-awaited damning [...]
Tesco implicated in forced labor of Burmese workers in Thailand
The U.K.’s largest grocery chain Tesco is facing a ground-breaking lawsuit alleging forced labor at a supplier factory in [...]
U.K. forced marriage unit “not working well” says new report
According to a new report, the U.K.’s forced marriage unit is limited in its effectiveness in tackling forced marriage as a result of [...]
Ghag forced marriage: a continued trauma
In northwest Pakistan, many women and girls are forced into marriages based on an outlawed custom named ghag, where a man can forcibly [...]
U.K.’s inadequate system may be returning victims to traffickers
Thousands of potential trafficking victims known to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM), the U.K.’s decision-making body on modern [...]
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