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Munno Bheel continues fighting for his
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Freed bonded labourer
demands family's return
January 2005 will mark former bonded labourer Munno Bheel's second
year of protest demanding his family's release from slavery in Pakistan.
He began his demonstration in front of the Hyderabad Press Club
in Sindh on 19 January 2003, to draw attention to the abduction
of his family six years ago...
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Feature -- Slavery in Niger
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Altena (right), escaped after 53 years in slavery |
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Anti-Slavery International's Sarah Williams and Romana Cacchioli
recently visited the winner of the 2004 Anti-Slavery Award, Timidria,
a grassroots organisation that has been working to combat slavery
in Niger. Below they report what they saw and about the newly escaped
slaves they met.
Altena is 65 years old, and has been free since she and 42 other
slaves left their master in 2001...
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article in full
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Mathura, far left, with members of her self-help group |
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Krishna Upadhyaya, Anti-Slavery International's
Bonded Labour Officer, visited communities of bonded and freed labourers
in central India to see recent changes in their lives.
Millions of people are enslaved in bonded labour across India.
Most are dalits ('untouchables'), minorities or indigenous
people. Since India outlawed bonded labour almost 30 years ago,
organisations across the country have been working to help those
enslaved in this way to free themselves and each other...
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from the field
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