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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 »
The European Parliament has overwhelmingly rejected a trade agreement with Uzbekistan that would have made it easier for the European Union to import textiles made by cotton harvested by children in slavery. MEPS voted, 603 to eight, not to extend the current ‘EU-Uzbekistan Partnership and Cooperation Agreement’ to include the… Keep reading »
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 is the world’s largest producer of cocoa and a new… Keep reading »
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. Following their arrival in the UK in 2007 members of… Keep reading »
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 cooperative in Ghana, which supplies Fairtrade cocoa to Cadburys. Panorama… Keep reading »
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 at the Sweihan camel race track and even show a… Keep reading »
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 Kroger and Meijer. All three retailers have suspended buying produce… Keep reading »
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 young as 5 years old, work for 12 hours a… Keep reading »
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 children as young as six years old working in mica… Keep reading »
12 May 2009 In the wake of the decision by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to backdate compensation for former Bangladeshi child camel jockeys, Anti-Slavery International calls for the UAE to explain the whereabouts of the nearly 2,000 unaccounted for child camel jockeys who have not yet returned to their… Keep reading »