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One month to kick-off but workers need much more

In exactly one month today, host nation Qatar will play Ecuador in the opening game of the soccer World Cup 2022. Eyes have been on [...]

Somaiya Begum, murdered in U.K. after refusing forced marriage

Somaiya Begum, a 20-year-old woman, was brutally murdered by her uncle after she refused a forced marriage in Pakistan. A U.K. court [...]

Migrant care workers exploited by unscrupulous employers in U.K.

General secretary of the U.K. healthcare trade union Unison, Christina McAnea, has written to the U.K.’s social care minister, Helen [...]

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“Exit trafficking” – a new form of human trafficking

Australia has recognized – and prosecuted – a new form of human trafficking that focuses on the departure, instead of the arrival, of [...]

U.K. immigration system is harming survivors of sexual violence and modern slavery

Britain’s immigration system is a “public mental health concern” according to doctors from Royal College of Psychiatrists [...]

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UK work ban pushes women into modern slavery and sexual exploitation

Across the UK, women fleeing violence, forced marriage, exploitation, and persecution are being retraumatized by the very systems meant [...]

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“Extremely irresponsible and maybe even immoral”: US government continues withholding vital funding

The US Department of Justice has failed to distribute nearly $90 million in funds earmarked for organizations providing support for [...]

Did UK Company Hire Former Child Soldiers?

A UK company, Aegis Defence Services, might have hired former child soldiers from Sierra Leona to work in Iraq in order to save money, [...]

Electronics and Slavery in Malaysia Casts Shadow

Electronics in Malaysia involves forced labor and sends a dark shadow over the industry.

Queen Supports Replicating Modern Slavery Act across Commonwealth

The Queen has asked lawmakers to replicate the 2015 Modern Slavery Act in the 52 Commonwealth nations. The Guardian reports: [...]

UK’s Nail Bars: Do Cheap Prices Mean Exploitation?

With the news that two people were recently arrested in the UK for trafficking Vietnamese girls to work in a nail salon, many are [...]

Mother Jailed in First-Ever Conviction for Forced Marriage in England

A woman in Birmingham has been jailed for four and a half years for forcing her 17-year-old daughter to travel to Pakistan and wed a [...]

Modern Slavery Costs UK up to £4.3 Billion a Year

The UK Home Office published a new report this week that estimates that modern slavery costs the country up to £4.3 billion a year. [...]

Peru Ex-Chief Arrested for Selling Poor Women’s Babies

A former police chief in Peru, Raul Becerra, and his partner, Cintia Tello, were arrested on Tuesday for their role in a baby [...]

Yazidis Fleeing ISIS Start Over in Female-Only Commune

Berivan and her mother were kidnapped by ISIS in 2014 back in their homeland of Sinjar in Iraq. But today, they’re part of a [...]

More than 500 Trafficking Victims Locked Up in UK

A new report out of the UK has uncovered a massive government failing: the Home Office locked up 507 victims of human trafficking in [...]

Exploitation of frail Indigenous artists is modern-day slavery

Unscrupulous art dealers in Australia are exploiting frail Indigenous artists by trapping them in debt bondage according to the [...]

Debt bondage and child labor thrive in Pakistan’s coal mines

Pakistan’s coal mines in Balochistan province are home to one of the world’s most hazardous and exploitative work environments. Modern [...]

Vietnam seeks to secure E.U. trade deal by welcoming scrutiny of its prisons

In an effort to repair its poor international human rights reputation, Vietnam is welcoming international journalists and officials to [...]

E.U. moves to hold companies accountable for human rights and environmental abuses

An overwhelming majority of MEPs this week voted to progress with proposed legislation that will require companies to conduct due [...]

Supermarket giant admits to forced labor in its supply chain

A new report by the NGOs Somo and Arisa investigating 29 spinning mills in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu has found several [...]

Climate crisis puts ‘millions at risk of trafficking and slavery’

The climate crisis is causing severe droughts, megafires, and floods across the world, forcing rural workers to migrate to urban [...]

Portugal: How foreign berry pickers become trapped in exploitative jobs

Sagar picks berries for 16 hours a day in over 100℉ heat for less than the legal minimum wage on a farm in Odemira, a rural region of [...]

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People incarcerated in the US produce $11 billion worth of goods a year but can’t afford a bar of soap

Passed by the U.S. Congress on January 31, 1865, the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution abolished slavery. But, due to an exception [...]