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Bonded labor, also known as debt bondage or debt slavery, is a form of labor in which a person is forced to work to pay off a debt. This practice is illegal in many countries, including the United States, as it is considered a form of modern-day slavery. Bonded labor often occurs in developing countries, where it is used as a means of securing cheap labor. In some cases, people may be tricked or coerced into accepting a loan, only to find out later that the terms of the loan are impossible to fulfill and that they are effectively trapped in a cycle of debt. This practice can have devastating effects on individuals and their families, as they are often forced to work long hours under dangerous or exploitative conditions in order to pay off their debt.
Be Slavery Free (beslaveryfree.com) has a new awesome resource… a weekly podcast! We have more enslaved people in the world now than any other point in human history. It’s called Modern Slavery, but slavery has been around for a long time. The trade is in people but the currency is hope. Stories and history, laws…
Human trafficking is the act of compelling someone to work, for little or no pay, through force, fraud, or coercion. It is a multidimensional problem that disproportionately impacts marginalized communities across the United States and around the world. While human trafficking can happen anywhere, systemic injustices like racism, homophobia, sexism, economic inequality, and more lead…
Migrant workers pick apples at a famr in Suckley, Britain, in October 2016. | Reuters When Raj heard British farmers were hiring seasonal workers from Nepal last year, he jumped at the chance to earn what he thought would be a sizeable income for his family. Having already worked in Malaysia and Saudi Arabia, the…
Eliminating forced labor is a vital starting point for creating a just and sustainable food supply, but most of us don’t know much about the labor conditions involved in producing our food. It’s possible that the people who picked and processed some of the items on our dinner table worked in conditions that involved force, fraud, coercion,…
Jaeson Jones held up a handful of colored wristbands during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Wednesday. “What I’m holding in my hand before you today, I want to be very clear, this is America’s new slave trade,” Jones, a former captain for intelligence and counterterrorism at the Texas Department of Public Safety, testified before…
A mock tattoo parlor drew people into the walk-through experience, highlighting who is at risk of human trafficking. As viewers moved further into the exhibition, dimly lit boys’ and girls’ bedrooms were visible. A table with surgical instruments — alluding to illegal organ harvesting — and 90 photos of the faces of missing children completed…
LONGVIEW, Texas — ‘Sound of Freedom’ is new movie out in theatres that bringing awareness to human and sex trafficking in children across central America. Local organizations are also bringing awareness to these issues on July 30th which is World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. “It’s happening among us,” said Deanna Gatlin, co-founder of HEPTA, a…
The criminal practice of trafficking and abusing hundreds of thousands of migrant children who cross the southern border is now, thanks to the open-border policy of the Biden Administration, apparently “normal” inside the US: “According to Customs and Border Protection, since January 2021 when Biden took the oath of office, there have been 5,118,661 encounters…
This week Australia held a conference on ending modern slavery. The conference was designed to identify mechanisms that can build both cross-border and cross-sector collaboration to negate the different forms of modern slavery, as well as deal with its effects. It was a reflection of how serious the Australian government views this issue that both…
Editor’s note: We are non-partisan. Children are being hurt. Please, watch, read, learn, and act accordingly. Hearing Date: Wednesday 04/26/2023 – 3:00 PM Hearing Location: 2141 Rayburn House Office Building The hearing, “The Biden Border Crisis: Exploitation of Unaccompanied Alien Children,” will examine the unprecedented surge of unaccompanied alien children at the southwest border and…
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