A Thai court in Bangkok has ordered labor rights activist Andy Hall to pay 10 million baht ($321,000) in damages for defamation. Hall [...]
Source: Washington Post
Trump Administration Cuts Legal Funding for Victims of Trafficking
It has become even harder to survivors of human trafficking to clear their criminal records for crimes they were forced to commit. The [...]
Tesla boasts about their ethics, but are they really that ethical?
A report published by the Washington Post reveals the evidence of an investigation into the supply chains of major auto companies that [...]
Now You Can Read the TPP
It has taken nearly a decade for the 12 Pacific Rim countries to finally agree on what will govern trade between them in the future.
‘Smallville’ Actress Allison Mack Indicted for Sex Trafficking
Actress Allison Mack, who spent a decade playing Chloe Sullivan on the TV show “Smallville,” was indicted along with Keith [...]
US Customs investigates whether to block Ivory Coast cocoa imports
A team from US Customs and Border Protection visited farming regions of Ivory Coast last week as part of their investigation into [...]
Rounded up and abandoned: Europe’s covert support of migrant atrocities
It is well documented that inhumane immigration policies are forcing migrants to take extremely risky routes on their journey to seek [...]
Kazakhstan Students Tricked into Slavery
The college students from Kazakhstan thought they were coming to Florida for a week at the beach. They had registered to work at a [...]
China’s One-Child Policy and the Rise in ‘Imported’ Brides
Tens of thousands of foreign women, primarily from Southeast Asia, are moving to China for marriage. At once, they’re trying to [...]
Movement to treat human trafficking as a public health issue gains ground
Medical professionals in the US are playing an increasingly important role in the fight against human trafficking as calls grow for [...]
Senator Cardin: India Can Do Better
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a joint meeting of Congress on June 8. In a speech in New Delhi on Wednesday, U.S Sen. [...]
#JusticeforNoura: Forced into Marriage, Sudanese Girl Faces Death Penalty
Noura Hussein did not want to marry. At 16, she was still in high school, aspiring to become a teacher. But her family forced her to a [...]
US alleges Cuban doctors in modern slavery
The US government is urging its allies to end their medical agreements with Cuba and expel Cuban doctors, accusing the country of [...]
Criadazgo, Children Adopted as Domestic Workers
Criadazgo is a common Colonial-era practice common in Paraguay, that allows affluent families to informally adopt impoverished rural [...]
$8 Million Awarded to Kansas Trafficking Victim, Largest in U.S. History
A woman who was trafficked for forced labor for 10 years across the United States has been awarded $8 million by a federal judge in [...]
New York makes own hand sanitizer to fight coronavirus — using prison labor
New York state has announced new measures to cheaply produce large quantities of hand sanitizer to combat its worsening coronavirus [...]
Child Marriages Banned in Virginia
Child marriages banned in Virginia. A new law in that state sets the minimum age to wed at 18, or 16 if a child is emancipated by [...]
Has FOSTA-SESTA Eliminated 90% of Online Sex Trafficking Ads?
In April, President Trump signed into law FOSTA-SESTA in an attempt to cut down on online sex trafficking ads. Five months later, [...]
World’s chocolate supply relies on more than 1 million child laborers
Who harvests the cocoa that makes its way into the global supply chains of the world’s largest chocolate companies? Nearly 1.6 [...]
Annual Demand to End Trafficking Globally
Again we are seeing another annual demand to end trafficking globally. The latest State Department report puts pressure on countries [...]
ICE is Deporting Mauritanians Back to Modern-Day Slavery
The West African nation of Mauritania has tens of thousands of citizens trapped chattel slavery, with darker-skinned Mauritanians being [...]
Filipino domestic workers trafficked from UAE to Syria
Dozens of Filipina domestic workers who were recruited to work in the United Arab Emirates have been trafficked to Syria, subjected to [...]
The Qatar Embargo isn’t Just Hurting Qatari Citizens
When Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates moved to impose a political/economic embargo on Qatar a month ago, a series of [...]
Brazil’s Coffee Farm Workers File OECD Complaint over Slave Labor
When Abelar Rebouças was finally rescued in 2016 by police from a coffee plantation in southern Brazil he was bone thin. His employer [...]