Passed by the U.S. Congress on January 31, 1865, the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution abolished slavery. But, due to an exception [...]
Source: The Guardian
Has the World Cup led to lasting improvements for migrant workers in Qatar?
In three weeks the World Cup begins in Qatar, the world’s largest sporting event that has been mired in controversy surrounding the [...]
Freedom United & 350+ organizations demand end to loophole that allows domestic servitude
This week, Freedom United joined over 350 organizations in the U.K. demanding the government close a legal loophole that leaves the [...]
Family of former UK Prime Minister make historic apology for slavery
As Guyana commemorates the 200th anniversary of a rebellion by enslaved people that historians say paved the way for abolition, the [...]
European cocaine gangs using forced labor to exploit children
A recent investigation by The Guardian found the continent’s £10bn appetite for cocaine has led to forced child labor on an equally [...]
Exploitation as usual for migrant caregivers in the U.K.
A new report uncovered that although found in violation of labor laws, almost 200 U.K. care providers still had their license to [...]
Delhi Children Create their own Newspaper
Delhi children now have a newspaper of their own.“We get pushed around and treated like garbage, because there is no one to speak for [...]
India Currency Note Ban Marks Drop in Sex Trafficking
India currency note ban is causing a drop in sex trafficking.
Brazil Backtracks on Anti-Slavery Policies
The government of Brazil is being criticized after the Ministry of Labor abruptly redefined what it considers to be “slave-like [...]
Home Office Under Fire for Deporting Trafficked Vietnamese Orphan
The UK Home Office has come under intense fire after its decision to send a child victim of human trafficking back to Vietnam, where he [...]
Thousands of Hotline Calls Reveal Extent of Forced Marriage in UK
Police received more than 3,500 reports of forced marriage between 2014 and 2016. One charity running a national hotline [...]
Unseen, BT Set to Launch Modern Slavery Reporting App
Unseen, the nonprofit behind the UK’s modern slavery hotline, is preparing to launch a new app that both teaches users on [...]
UK Served £1m Bill for Shortchanging Victims
A high court judge has ruled the the UK Home Office unlawfully slashed aid for victims of trafficking. The ruling has tremendous [...]
Europe Passing the Buck on Abused Vietnamese Kids
Vietnamese children who are trafficked from Vietnam to the UK are being abused as they transit through Europe. And according to a new [...]
The Young Girls Enslaved in Bangladesh’s Brothels
Thousands of underage girls have been sold by traffickers into brothels in Bangladesh according to new reporting from The Guardian. [...]
Big business pushes to abandon New South Wales anti-slavery act
It’s the strongest anti-slavery legislation in the world, and the first state law that would mandate penalties for companies that [...]
Nepalese migrant work ban leaves women trapped in exploitation
The sponsorship system of employment present in all, but not only, Gulf countries, grants employers control over employees that leave [...]
U.N. report shows migrant workers in Qatar still suffer under kafala
A new report by the U.N., due to be presented at the U.N. Human Rights Council this week, found that migrant workers in Qatar are [...]
Independent legal review finds China in full breach of Genocide Convention
Washington, D.C. non-partisan think tank, Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy, this week published an in-depth report [...]
Qatar’s migrant workers still exploited despite labor reforms
Qatar once again made the headlines for exploitative working conditions for migrants. This week, the Guardian investigated the [...]
U.K. fast-track deportation plans impacting trafficking survivors
A large number of Vietnamese potential trafficking survivors in the U.K. are being detained and caught up in plans for deportation [...]
Dubai’s Expo 2022 under spotlight for migrant worker abuses
Since opening in October 2021, the Expo show hosted in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is expected to attract tens of millions [...]
Girls bought and sold “like a chicken” in Niger
In Niger today, tens of thousands of people are enslaved, trapped in generational cycles. Slavery remains deeply entrenched in Niger [...]
The trafficking victims behind Cambodia’s online scam companies
Xu Mingjian lay on the ground in pain as his captors laughed at him. He had injured his spine trying to escape from a building in [...]