Eastbourne students visit Euro Parliament to protect children in slavery 7 November 2011 Blog 7 November 2011 Students from Eastbourne are descending upon the European Parliament this week to demand the European Union does more to protect children in Uzbekistan from slavery. Along with representatives from Anti-Slavery International, five year 10 students from Bishop…
Choco-coat your tweets this Easter 21 April 2011 Blog 21 April 2011 Help Anti-Slavery International abolish use of child slavery in Ivory Coast London, Thursday 21 April 2011 – This Easter Anti-Slavery International is launching choco-coat to raise awareness of child slavery in Ivory Coast’s cocoa production. Ivory Coast…
Parents jailed for forcing children to beg on streets of London 1 August 2010 Blog 1 August 2010 A Romanian Roma couple, Speranta Mihai and Gheorghe Mihai, who forced their seven children to act as beggars and thieves in and around London have been jailed after pleading guilty to child cruelty and benefit fraud charges.…
Seven-year-old forced to work for pennies for Poundland 11 July 2010 Blog 11 July 2010 A Sunday Times investigation exposed how a seven-year-old boy from Bihar, India was made to work 98 hours a week at a factory in a Delhi slum making Christmas decorations for the British discount high street store,…
Child slavery found on West African Fairtrade cocoa farms 25 March 2010 Blog 25 March 2010 BBC Panorama has uncovered child slavery and child labour on Fairtrade certified cocoa farms in Ghana and Cote D’Ivoire that supply cocoa to Cadburys and Nestle. The investigative news programme indentified trafficked children within the Kuapo Kokoo…
Ten year olds forced to risk lives racing camels in UAE 3 March 2010 Blog 3 March 2010 Children as young as ten years old are being forced to take part in dangerous camel races in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), new photos released today by Anti-Slavery International can reveal. The photos show children racing…
British taxpayers could support slavery across the world 18 January 2010 Blog 18 January 2010 The UK Government is considering proposals that could see British taxpayer’s money support child labour and slavery. Proposals issued at a consultation last month reveal the Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD) is considering abandoning its ban on…
US blueberry farms accused of using child labour 2 November 2009 Blog 2 November 2009 An ABC News investigation has discovered children as young as five years old working on blueberry farms in Michigan, USA. The farms were supplying blueberries to Wal-Mart, the biggest US retailer, as well as top grocery chains…
Malawi’s child tobacco pickers poisoned by nicotine 24 August 2009 Blog 24 August 2009 Child tobacco pickers in Malawi forced to work without protective clothing are being exposed to poisonous amounts of nicotine equivalent to smoking 50 cigarettes a day, says Plan International in a new report. The children, some as…
Child labour found in cosmetics industry 24 July 2009 Blog 24 July 2009 The link between child labour in rural India and the global cosmetics industry has been uncovered in an investigation by the Sunday Times. Accompanying campaigners from Indian child rights group Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA), the newspaper discovered…