News 2005


01/12/05


  Traffickers sentenced to 63 years in prison -- but victims not guaranteed protection or support in UK
31/10/05


  Child labour linked to pay for cotton seed
10/10/05


  Landowner pays forced labourers back wages
05/10/05


  Safety fears for women rescued in UK raid
04/10/05


  Ghana's child cocoa workers promised official help
16/09/05


  Chinese export company uses prison labour
17/08/05


  Togo anti-trafficking law raises hopes for protecting children
01/08/05


  European Court calls on France to criminalise slavery
07/07/05


  Mauritania lifts ban on anti-slavery group
05/07/05


  New UAE law bans child camel jockeys
17/06/05


  Niger's leading activists finally freed on bail but charges stand
01/06/05


  Imprisonment of Niger's leading activists passes one month mark
11/05/05


  At least 12 million people are in forced labour ILO says
10/05/05


  Niger slavery activists remain under arrest
03/05/05


  New European law protects trafficked people's rights
15/04/05


  Mauritanian activists face trial after helping escaped slave
21/03/05


  US activists win victory against fast-food giant
07/03/05


  Alarm over intimidation as Niger Government denies slavery
02/03/05


  Hope for Niger as the Government proclaims new era with ceremony ending slavery
24/02/05


  Human rights activists arrested in Nepal
23/02/05


  UN refers crimes in Darfur to International Criminal Court
03/02/05


  Report exposes UK forced labour reality
20/01/05


  Bank apologises for its role in 19th century slavery
12/01/05


  Discrimination and trafficking fears further blight tsunami survivors
07/01/05


  Trafficking conviction a first for UK law
07/01/05


  UK promises to mark abolition bicentennial
03/01/05


  ILO to send forced labour mission to Burma
01/01/05


  Monitoring brings hope for cocoa slavery end