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How people escape modern-day slavery in Pakistan
Millions of people in Pakistan are trapped at brick kilns paying off debts that mysteriously keep g…
How millions are trapped in modern-day slavery at brick kilns in Pakistan
Families in Pakistan work dangerous jobs at brick kilns to pay off loans they take out from kiln ow…
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Millions are trapped in 'modern-day slavery' at brick kilns in Pakistan. Here's how you can help.
Organizations such as Green Bricks Foundation are working to provide resources for families stuck i…
Havovi Cooper,Olivia Nemec,Ll…
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50 million people worldwide in modern slavery: ILO
According to the latest report by the UN agency titled, 'Global Estimates of Modern Slavery', 28…
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In Pakistan, millions are trapped in modern-day slavery at brick kilns, working dangerous jobs to pay off snowballing debts
Bilawal Bhatti and Maqbool Ahmed
Isaiah Reynolds,Olivia Nemec,…
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Man pleads guilty to exploiting a worker who lived in a garden shed for 40 years with no light or heating, UK authority says
Officers investigating Peter Swailes, 56, said his dog had better living quarters than the vulnerab…
Cheryl Teh
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The first self-proclaimed drag queen and queer activist in the US was born into slavery
William Dorsey Swann hosted secret drag balls, which became legendary among the Black working class…
Isaiah Reynolds
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New figures show the UK government is failing modern slavery victims, say campaigners
Anti-modern slavery campaigners say the Home Office is failing victims of modern slavery as data sh…
Henry Dyer
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The king of the Netherlands gave a monumental first-person apology for slavery. Royal experts say King Charles should follow suit, and prepare to do more.
King Willem-Alexander asked for "forgiveness for this crime against humanity" in a speech at a nati…
Maria Noyen
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A Saudi prince has been accused of modern-day slavery by maids in his apartment outside Paris
French prosecutors have launched a human trafficking investigation into the allegations against the…
Kelly McLaughlin
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Results: Oregon Measure 112: Voters decided to remove the state constitution's language addressing slavery in prisons
Supporters argued that the slavery exception heavily impacted marginalized communities. Oregon's De…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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Fast-fashion giant Boohoo unscathed by COVID-19 crisis and modern slavery allegations as sales surge in 2020, analysts say
2020 was a tumultuous year for fast-fashion giant Boohoo but analysts say it's come out of the othe…
Mary Hanbury
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Bank of England apologises for past links to slavery
About 46,000 people were paid a total of 20 million pounds - the equivalent of 40 percent of all an…
PTI
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William Jackson Harper and Joel Edgerton on confronting the trauma of slavery in 'The Underground Railroad'
William Jackson Harper and Joel Edgerton spoke to Insider about their new limited Amazon series, "T…
Zac Ntim
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'Modern-day slavery': Meet the migrants that clean London by night
They quickly filled up work permit quotas for the hospitality and cleaning industries. These migran…
Business Insider
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1 in 10 North Koreans are forced into modern day slavery, human-rights study estimates
The jump in numbers is largely due to new data available through a collaboration with the UN's Inte…
Rosie Perper,Rosie Perper,Tar…
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Shameful! India is the ‘World’s Slave Capital’
To us in this day and age, it is more like an issue from a bygone era. Or that it only exists in co…
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14 House GOP members just revealed themselves as modern segregationists
The 14 House GOP members who voted against making Juneteenth a holiday should be treated as pariahs.
Michael Gordon
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Here's Where Modern-Day Slavery Is The Most Prevalent
Modern-day slavery can take the form of human trafficking, forced labour, debt bondage, forced or s…