#slavery News

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After paying illegal recruitment fees in their home countries migrant farm workers in Britain become trapped in debt bondage.
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Global Slavery Index exposes links between climate change and rising risk of forced labour.
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Young Indonesian men sent to a 'drug rehabilitation' centre were subjected to violence and forced to work in an oil palm plantation. Two died from injuries sustained at the site, reports The Gecko Project.
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Britain denounced for failing to ban cotton imports from Xinjiang, where rights groups accuse Beijing of mass forced labour in camps.
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#slavery Opinion

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An updated law prohibiting forced labour is limited to formal employment relationships. Workers in sectors that are unregulated are not sufficiently protected, nor does the law reach workers who have free movement, but suffer mistreatment.
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When forced labour practices are part of supply chains, it is reasonable to ascertain that environmental degradation may be present too.
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The clothing industry should work harder to prevent and address gender-based violence in their supply chains. In order to do so, they first need to confront how badly their inspection or social auditing programs fail to protect women.
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Our current socio-economic system is built on the exploitation of both people and planet, causing inequality and environmental devastation. To save a world on the brink of ecological and social disaster, calls for greener, more efficient capitalism won’t cut it, writes Zafirah Zein.
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#slavery Videos

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On International Human Rights Day, Greenpeace releases shocking testimonies from Southeast Asian migrants working on board foreign fishing vessels, plying the remote waters to meet Asia's surging demand for seafood.
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Yolk Station, a South Korean solar energy company, has installed a renewable energy solution in a remote Kenyan town that can also tackle the problem of child labour.
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Diamonds aren't just for engagement rings and cutting tools—they can bring light to dark places.
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