Indian droughts and cyclones fuel trafficking fears for climate migrants
Chennai, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation Climate disasters such as droughts are like a “silent poison” in India as a rising number of people end up migrating to survive and risk being trafficked, researchers said this week. Migration is a coping strategy for many communities in India in the face of economic woes and extreme weather events, […]
Boy’s death spurs calls for bonded labour crackdown in central India
Mumbai, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation The death of an eight-year-old boy whose parents worked as bonded labourers has triggered demands for authorities to crack down on thousands of other suspected cases in nearby villages in central India. Debt bondage is India’s most common form of slavery despite being outlawed four decades ago, and millions of bonded […]
WOW!: INDIAN SLAVES SWAP LIFE OF BONDAGE FOR A SEAT IN THE BOARDROOM AT THE TEA PLANTATION
ANURADHA NAGARAJ, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how former bonded labourers are finding new lives thanks to ground-breaking initiatives…
Pakistan court acquits 20 in case of Christian couple burnt alive
World Watch Monitor An Anti-Terrorism Court in Lahore, Pakistan, on Saturday acquitted 20 men suspected of involvement in the murder of a Christian couple burnt alive at the kiln where they worked in November, 2014, after it was alleged that they had set fire to some pages from a Quran. Previously, in April, 2016, the ATC allowed […]