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Qatar Promises Fund for Cheated Workers

Qatar is setting up an insurance fund for migrant workers cheated out of their wages, a move welcomed by labor rights campaigners. The [...]

Filmmaker: Top Brands “Willfully Ignorant” to Child Slavery

The director of a new film that documents children as young as five being trafficked for their labor says the world’s top brands [...]

How You Can Help This Christmas

As Christmas shoppers make their last minute purchases, campaigners are calling on consumers to understand who is behind the products [...]

“Slavery At Sea” Versus “Slavery on Land”

The spotlight on Thailand’s fishing industry has distracted much needed attention from labor abuses in other sectors in the [...]

Youth Face Harsh Conditions, Possible Forced Labor in North Korea

Last month thousands of North Korean students travelled to Mount Paektu, a sacred mountain where Kim Jong Un is building a massive [...]

Supermarket Marks & Spencer Reveals 135 Tea Suppliers

British retailer Marks and Spencer has become the latest company to go transparent about its tea supply chain, making it the first [...]

Typhoo Joins Britain’s ‘Big Six’ in Tea Supply Chain Transparency

Typhoo has become the last of Britain’s top six tea brands to join a pledge to go transparent about its suppliers in Assam, [...]

47% Spike in Forced Marriage Cases in Britain

New data from the UK’s Forced Marriage Unit shows that there has been a 47% spike in reported cases of forced marriage since last [...]

500 African refugees held captive in Libya head to Rwanda

Some 500 African refugees who were held captive in Libya’s notoriously abusive migrant detention centers will be evacuated to [...]

Taiwan failing to protect vulnerable migrant workers

Migrant workers in Taiwan are increasingly subjected to discrimination, debt bondage, and exploitation at the hands of powerful [...]

New database shows almost half of countries don’t criminalize slavery

There are few goals more universal than ending modern slavery. But nearly half of countries do not actually criminalize it, according [...]

Migrant domestic workers in UK need stronger protections during pandemic

In an opinion piece for Thomson Reuters Foundation, immigration lawyer Ayesha Mohsin has called on the UK government to increase [...]

Organ trafficking shows no sign of abating

In an opinion piece for Thomson Reuters Foundation, Seán Columb provides insight into the system of organ trafficking and illegal [...]

Saudi Kafala labor reforms met with skepticism

Saudi employer found guilty of murdering domestic worker

A rare ruling this week found a Saudi woman guilty of abusing and murdering Abiron Begum, a migrant domestic worker. A Saudi Arabian [...]

What the anti-slavery movement can learn from climate activism

The reality of climate change and the detrimental impact of the fossil fuel industry on the environment and human rights is no longer [...]

Uzbekistan’s Cotton Field Abuses Continue

Uzbekistan's cotton field abuses continue. A State Department Office said Uzbekistan "failed to make significant and sustained efforts" [...]

Shrimp, Lipstick, Toys Might Equal Trafficking

Think shrimp, lipstick, toys when considering human trafficking. There are millions working in deplorable conditions to produce such [...]

India Agrees to Global Pacts to End Child Slavery

India has ratified two significant global agreements to fight child slavery, and thus committed the country to better international [...]

Center in India Established to Help Migrants

A Reuters article reports that a new resource center for Indian migrants who are employed in the Gulf area will likely reduce the risk [...]

Landmark Ruling on Indian Child Brides

The Indian Supreme Court has ruled that having sex with underage brides is now a criminal offense. As reported by Thomson Reuters [...]

Bonded Laborers Rescued from Indian Sugar Mill

28 bonded laborers working on a sugarcane field have been rescued in Karnataka state in south India. Police have now filed a complaint [...]

Indian Domestic Workers Demand Living Wages

Muthukani Murugesan told her employer that she was sick so that she could attend a rally with hundred of other domestic workers in [...]

Venezuelan Migrants Prey to Forced Labor in Brazil

Tens of thousands of Venezuelans have been crossing into Brazil in an attempt to find jobs amid the country’s economic collapse. [...]

Helping Trafficked Chinese Women Escape US Massage Parlors

Advocates across the United States are working to help immigrant Chinese women in massage parlors who are victims of sex trafficking. [...]