Indian jeweller pulls "racist", "slave-child" ad with Bollywood actress
Nita Bhalla
2015-04-23
There are no official figures on the number of child workers in India. The 2014 Global Slavery Index says the country is home to more than 14 million victims of human trafficking |
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India is now the world’s slave capital: Global Slavery Index 2014
Kounteya Si
2014-11-21
The Global Slavery Index 2014 announced that India and Pakistan alone account for over 45% of total global enslaved population and have highest prevalence of modern slavery in Asia |
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Children, teachers forced to toil in Uzbek cotton harvest - report
Astrid Zweynert
2014-11-14
Uzbekistan forced millions of children and adults to work in its cotton harvest this year, resulting in deaths, harrassment and extortion, a report by a human rights group said |
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British parliament to debate whether paying for sex should be illegal
Katie Nguyen
2014-11-04
British lawmakers are due to debate this week an amendment to the country's modern slavery bill that would make it a crime to pay for sex, a member of parliament said |
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Rwanda steps up human trafficking fight, rescues 150 victims
Clement Uwiringiyimana
2014-10-13
Rwandan officials say women and girls, and to a lesser extent boys, are being trafficked for domestic and sex work both internally and abroad.... |
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China to crackdown on trafficking in "foreign brides"
2014-09-19
In December last year, police in China's southeastern Fujian province busted a people trafficking ring, rescuing 28 Vietnamese women and arresting 62 suspects, most of whom worked at marriage agencies |
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"Forced labour" rife in Malaysian electronics factories - report
Trinna Leong
2014-09-19
Nearly a third of some 350,000 workers in Malaysia's electronics industry - a crucial link in the international consumer supply chain - suffer from conditions of modern-day slavery.. |
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Israeli police bust 'messianic' prostitution ring
2014-09-11
Details have emerged from Israel about a prostitution ring in which Jewish women were allegedly forced into having sex with non-Jews by a messianic sect |
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How British jihadist 'madams' are running Isis brothels full of thousands of kidnapped Iraqi women
Amanda Williams
2014-09-11
Thousands of Iraqi women are being forced into sex slavery in brothels run by a 'police force' of British women jihadis, it has been reported |
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