Slavery news

COVID-19 takes heavy toll on Thailand's Cambodian migrants
Garment workers in Thailand compensated after wage expose
Former U.S. Olympics coach dies by suicide post trafficking charge
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Taking on the Traffickers
In Depth
No way back: Indian workers shun city jobs after lockdown ordeal
China counters Uighur criticism with explicit PR attacks
U.N. rights chief decries arrests in China, abuses in Xinjiang
Dutch parliament: China's treatment of Uighurs is genocide
Bangladesh inoculates older sex workers at biggest brothel
N.Korea enslaving prisoners to fund weapons - rights group
Workers' rights under threat as online work surges five-fold-U.N.
Loan sharks target Indian sex workers hit by pandemic
Canada's parliament says China's treatment of Uighurs is genocide
China rejects genocide charge in Xinjiang, says door open to U.N.
Britain denounces abuses "on industrial scale" in China's Xinjiang
Sweden to probe adoptions amid worries over illegal practises
Armed groups attempting to recruit child soldiers in CAR conflict
U.S. House revives bill to ban goods from China's Xinjiang
Modern slavery fund seeks to transform global fight
In Brazil, foreign trafficking victims struggle to access banking
Europe's rights court orders UK to compensate trafficking victims
Stung by COVID-19, Indian firms rethink worker benefits
Saudi woman convicted of murdering Bangladeshi migrant maid
H&M factory in India to rehire hundreds of fired garment workers
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Garment workers' leader heads up protests against Myanmar coup
Ivory Coast arrests suspected child traffickers in cocoa belt
Germany to fine companies whose suppliers abuse rights
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In South Sudan, a former child soldier fights to rebuild her life
Pandemic woes seen swelling global ranks of child soldiers
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Ten facts about child soldiers around the world
Audio calls of migrants trapped in truck prompt U.S. investigation
Several children in Brazil found working for delivery app Rappi
Indian state cracks down on bonded labour
After labour rights protest, Apple supplier reopens India factory
Artists shine a light on child labor in New York streets
Trafficked children testify by video to quicken trials in India
first person
Cambodian teen bride trafficked to China tells of escape
Clothes retailers cut orders while factories fight to survive
Buyers shun big Malaysian palm oil producers over forced labour
Sex trafficking and the Super Bowl: Separating myth from menace
For India's villagers, non-profit-run buses are a lifeline to jobs
Ecuador's plantation workers pin hopes on historic slavery ruling
U.S. struggling to combat labor trafficking, former tsar warns
'You chop her': Ugandan recalls brutal life as LRA child soldier
Ugandan rebel commander Ongwen convicted of sex crimes
India's Taj Mahal, revered temples join anti-child labour push
US 'deeply disturbed' by reports of systematic rape of Muslims
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About our Slavery coverage

We shine a light on human trafficking, forced labour and modern-day slavery.

Opinion

Mimi Vu Raise Partners

Gender discrimination in Vietnam fuels human trafficking

Female victims of modern slavery are often trafficked to China for sexual exploitation or forced labor
Patricia Carrier Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

UK’s Modern Slavery Act will not prevent forced labour in China

Stronger legislation is needed to tackle modern slavery in global supply chains of British businesses
Katie Donington London South Bank University

What should Lloyd’s of London do with artifacts linked to slavery?

As Lloyd's embarks on a process of historical repair, the British insurer must include communities directly affected by the legacies of slavery
Ruwayda Mustafah

How to stop violence against women in Kurdistan

COVID-19 is spurring child marriage and domestic violence. Governments and NGOs must empower women legally and financially, to take control of their own lives

In Depth

Pandemic drives more people to risk lives in India's illegal mica mines
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INSIGHT-The gig workers taking legal action to regain control of their data
INSIGHT - Latin American crime cartels turn to crypto to clean up their cash
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EXCLUSIVE: Children in Brazil found working for food delivery apps

Videos & Pictures

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Sex trafficking - a family business
The lost girls of Myanmar
Generations of Romanian girls trafficked into sex industry
Frontline Insight: Photographing Libya’s slaves
Getting to Europe: The Game
UK police in the fight against human trafficking

Editor's Picks

Brazil's anti-slavery wins bring new test: how to compensate victims
Chinese tech patents tools that can detect, track Uighurs
Migrant school closures fuel child labour in Thai seafood industry
The daughter who washed the dishes: How secret mobile footage helped one woman escape domestic servitude in Brazil