Double court victory: a game changer for slavery in Mauritania?
Two slavery-related court victories on May 16 and May 17 were hailed as potential ‘game changers’ for slavery in Mauritania. Keep reading »
Category: News
All the latest news stories and campaign updates from Anti-Slavery International.
Uzbekistan: cotton harvest fosters slavery and extortion
13 April 2015 Uzbek Government forces labour and extorts funds from citizens and corporations. “The government’s riches, the people’s burden. Human rights violations in Uzbekistan’s 2014 cotton harvest” – new report highlights how the cotton harvest fosters modern day slavery and extortion. In 2014, the government of Uzbekistan forced… Keep reading »
Voice of Freedom Project
5 January 2015 Trafficking of East African women through the Sinai Desert. Voice of Freedom project exhibited photo stories of Eritrean and Ethiopian migrants who have been kidnapped and sold into slavery in the Sinai desert. We are honoured to host their work on our website. Photo Voice presents… Keep reading »
Voice of Freedom: Gallery
Trafficked women speak into the silence Voice of Freedom supports African women who have escaped trafficking in the Sudan and Sinai as they speak about their lives through photography and text. The goal of the project is to make space for the women to speak, on whatever subject… Keep reading »
Forced labour in 2014 Uzbekistan cotton harvest
14 November 2014 17 people lost their lives and millions, including children, were forced to pick cotton in the 2014 Uzbek cotton harvest in one of the largest state-sponsored systems of forced labour in the world, said the Cotton Campaign in its annual Uzbekistan cotton harvest review. According to… Keep reading »
European states fail to protect thousands of people trafficked and forced into crime
30 September 2014 New report: Trafficking for forced criminal activities and begging in Europe. European states fail to protect thousands of people trafficked and forced into crime, a new study by the RACE in Europe Project lead by Anti-Slavery International claims. The report, entitled simply ‘Trafficking for Forced Criminal Activities… Keep reading »
UK retailers sign up to project to tackle human trafficking in Thai fishing industry
8 September 2014 On 8 September 2014, a coalition of 10 UK retailers and seafood importers and IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative joined forces with Project Issara to launch a pilot project in Thailand to identify and address risks of human trafficking and labour abuses in their seafood supply chains. The… Keep reading »
Human rights struggle icon Helen Bamber dies
22 August 2014 I only met Helen Bamber once: we were both doing a TV interview and chatted over a cup of tea while we waited to get called in. It started as one of those “What are you going to say?” conversations so we could avoid treading on each… Keep reading »
Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group publishes Alternative Modern Slavery Bill
22 July 2014 The Anti-Trafficking Monitoring Group (ATMG) has created an Alternative Modern Slavery Bill, to assist in the scrutiny and strengthening of the government’s Modern Slavery Bill currently before the Parliament. At present, the Modern Slavery Bill drafted by the government lacks the necessary provisions to successfully prevent… Keep reading »
Report: Into the Unknown
New report: Widespread abuse of Nepalese migrant domestic workers in Lebanon a direct consequence of the systems in place in both countries. New research looking at the vulnerabilities to widespread abuse of Nepalese migrant domestic workers in Lebanon rooted directly in the systems in place in both… Keep reading »