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Apple Factory Forced Chinese Students to Work ‘Like Robots’

Apple says it is investigating one of its supplier factories in southwest China now that it has emerged that Chinese students were [...]

My Boyfriend Sold One of My Kidneys – Then He Sold Me

Each day, some 100,000 people cross the border between Nepal and India, some on on foot, others in trucks or on bikes, mopeds and [...]

UK Victims Care Bill petition hand-in at the Home Office

Home Office Scraps ‘Nonsensical’ 45-Day-Limit on Victim Support

The UK Home Office has officially scrapped its ‘nonsensical’ policy of limiting victims of modern slavery to 45-days of [...]

‘They see us as slaves’: Kenyan women head for the Gulf despite fears

In a busy recruitment agency in Nairobi, women line the halls in hope of securing a job as a domestic worker in the Gulf. It [...]

Modern slavery lurks behind cheap nail bars

A recent police raid on a London nail bar salon suspected of trapping migrant workers in modern slavery resulted in three arrests on [...]

U.K. failing to support thousands of potential trafficking victims

A new study has revealed that thousands of potential trafficking victims in the U.K. are not referred for vital services—despite [...]

Young girl forced into marriage failed by authorities

Authorities in Pakistan are coming under fire for failing to act after a 12-year-old girl was reportedly abducted, chained up for six [...]

U.K. accused of subjecting survivors to long periods of solitary confinement

Trigger warning: this story includes references to self-harm and suicide. The Home Office, the interior ministry of the U.K. [...]

Australian senate passes forced labor bill

The Australian senate has passed a bill introduced by independent senator Rex Patrick banning the import of goods made with forced [...]

“Unacceptable” welfare conditions for foreign workers on U.K. farms

A government review has found that seasonal workers who had come to the U.K. to harvest fruit and vegetables on a post-Brexit pilot [...]

Modern slavery on the rise in U.K. care sector

Amid a significant labor shortage, the U.K.’s care sector is currently facing a surge in cases of labor exploitation and debt bondage, [...]

U.K. rule change leaves survivors at increased risk of detention and deportation

U.K. takes alarming decision to classify modern slavery as immigration issue

The U.K. Home Office has taken the shocking decision to remove modern slavery from the remit of the safeguarding minister and place it [...]

Thai Tesco supplier accused of exploitation faces criminal charges

A clothing factory that made jeans for the Thai branch of the British store Tesco faces criminal charges over its mistreatment of [...]

Kenyan women continue protest against kafala system in Lebanon

Kenyan domestic workers demand protection from exploitation & abuse in Gulf countries

A legal case being brought by a group of almost a dozen Kenyan former domestic workers who worked in Gulf states alleges the Kenyan [...]

Forced to be a “human shield” in Myanmar: Abdullah’s story

The Rohingya population in Myanmar were stripped of their citizenship rights decades ago. And now, due to the ongoing conflict, they [...]

Will the U.K. finally recognize survivors of modern slavery?

Following numerous reports that trafficking survivors had been waiting years to be identified as victims of modern slavery, the U.K. [...]

Starbucks heads to court over complicity in trafficking and forced labor of coffee workers in Brazil

Starbucks sued over complicity in trafficking and forced labor of coffee workers in Brazil

On April 24, 2025, the advocacy group International Rights Advocates (IRA) filed a federal class-action lawsuit against Starbucks. The [...]

Mexican Child Migrants Sent Back to Face Violence

Mexican child migrants at the border are being sent back to face violence in Central America. A recent report by the Human Rights [...]

Refugee Girls Often Pushed to Marry

Refugee girls are often pushed into marriage.

Modern Slavery on Brazilian Cattle Ranches

Armed police and labor inspectors raided a cattle ranch in the Amazonian rainforest owned by Lúcio de Cassio Vieira. When they reached [...]

Hugo Boss Discovers Forced Labor in its Supply Chain

Fashion retailer Hugo Boss says it has discovered cases of forced labor in its supply chain. Young Indian women working for Best [...]

Home Office Under Fire for “Muddled” Strategy as Hyland Resigns

Following the resignation of the UK’s independent anti-slavery commissioner, Kevin Hyland, campaigners are stepping up the [...]

UK Public Bought £14bn of Goods Made by Slaves in 2017

British consumers spent billions of pounds on imported products likely made using slave labor according to the new 2018 Global Slavery [...]

Post-Brexit, UK Wants Trafficking Victims to Pay

Theresa May’s government is coming under fire for its post-Brexit immigration plans after ministers said that EU victims of [...]