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2018 Global Slavery Index: North Korea World’s Worst Offender

The newly released 2018 Global Slavery Index names North Korea and Eritrea as the two nations with the world’s highest rates of [...]

When Coming Out as Gay or Lesbian Leads to Forced Marriage

Being gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) is still taboo for many families in Britain, and for young people coming out this [...]

India’s Grain Banks Combat Debt Bondage

Grain banks are opening their doors to more than 5,000 homes across northern India in a move to prevent families from falling into debt [...]

#MeToo for sex trafficking survivors

The #MeToo movement is growing fast in India, where celebrities are joining in sharing stories of harassment and sexual violence on [...]

EU Immigration Barriers a “Gift to Traffickers”

European countries are closing their doors to migrants fleeing war, famine, or persecution at home, but experts are warning that [...]

The Blind Spot in Cambodia’s Child Labor

The United Nations says that child labor has fallen sharply in Cambodia’s fashion factories. But there’s a catch: the UN [...]

Thai Supreme Court Backs 1.7 Million Baht Payout

Thailand’s Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday in favor of 14 migrant workers from Myanmar who filed a complaint over labor violations [...]

Uzbek Teachers Forced to Clean Streets, Harvest Wheat

Uzbekistan has come under intense scrutiny for state-sponsored forced labor in its cotton harvest, but that isn’t the only sector [...]

The Survivors of Russia’s Most High-Profile Slavery Case

Fatima Musabayeva survived what is considered to be Russia’s most high-profile case of modern slavery. In 2007, she and her [...]

Two Major Brazilian Fashion Brands Land on “Dirty List”

Officials in Brazil have placed two of the country’s top fashion brands on a government “dirty list” due to their use [...]

Missing Wombs: Surgery Scam Traps Indians in Debt Bondage

Dharmendra Meena and his wife Vaijanti had a “beautiful and carefree” first year of marriage. But when Vaijanti developed [...]

Undocumented Domestic Worker Wins Right to Seek Redress

In a landmark ruling, a high court in Malaysia affirmed that an undocumented Indonesian domestic worker has the right to have her case [...]

Indian comic hero challenges sex trafficking stigma

A female Indian superhero character continues to challenge stigma on human trafficking and sex crimes in a third instalment of the [...]

Rise in modern slavery complaints doesn’t translate to more rescues in Brazil

Brazil received considerably more complaints of slave-like working conditions in 2019 than 2018. But officials reported on Tuesday that [...]

The impact of coronavirus on child victims of trafficking

With the UK on a government-imposed lockdown in an effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus, Catherine Baker from our partner [...]

New Israel-Thailand labor deal raises fears of migrant exploitation

Activists and academics have expressed their concern that a new partnership between the governments of Israel and Thailand could leave [...]

What is the role of awareness-raising in tackling modern slavery?

When presented with the horrific spectrum of crimes that fall under the umbrella term of modern slavery, it is understandable why our [...]

No more chains: Anti-slavery campaigns urged to stop relying on shock images

Thailand bans prisons from using inmates to make fishing nets

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Thailand bans use of prison labor to make fishing nets

At Freedom United, we campaign to end forced labor in prisons and the conditions of servitude in which nearly 800,000 incarcerated [...]

Congress Seeks More Transparency in Human Trafficking

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate committee may draft legislation seeking to add more transparency to the State Department’s annual [...]

Hong Kong Domestic Workers–1/6 are Victims

Hong Kong gives cause for human trafficking concern: 1/6 of their domestic workers are victims of forced labor...

Traffickers Promise a Visit to the Taj Mahal to Lure Indian Girls

Traffickers are promising young Indian girls a trip to the Taj Mahal in order to lure them into sex slavery. Rishi Kant, of [...]

Biggest March Against Child Slavery Scheduled in India

Indian activist and Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi, says his country will soon serve as host to the world’s biggest march to [...]

Uzbekistan Claims to End Forced Labor in Cotton Fields

According to Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov, Uzbekistan will stop using thousands of state healthcare workers, students, and teachers to [...]