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Freedom United is a nonprofit organization that works to combat modern slavery and human trafficking. The organization was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Freedom United works to raise awareness about the issue of modern slavery and to advocate for stronger laws and policies to combat trafficking.
Freedom United operates a number of programs and initiatives to achieve its mission. These include the Freedom United Campaign, which is a global advocacy campaign that aims to raise awareness about modern slavery and to encourage individuals and organizations to take action to combat it. The organization also operates the Freedom United Academy, which is an online learning platform that provides resources and training on modern slavery and human trafficking.
In addition to its advocacy and education efforts, Freedom United also works to support victims and survivors of modern slavery and trafficking. The organization provides grants to organizations that work to support survivors and to help them rebuild their lives after experiencing exploitation.
New data has exposed how police raids on the sex industry in the U.K., carried out under the guise of clamping down on modern slavery, in fact do not refer trafficking victims for support the majority of the time. Trafficking victims not referred for support According to the study, police regularly carry out raids on…
The U.K.’s largest supermarket chain Tesco is facing a ground-breaking lawsuit alleging forced labour at a supplier factory in Thailand. The lawsuit has been brought by 130 Burmese workers, former employees at VK Garment Factory (VKG) where they made jeans for Tesco’s F+F brand of apparel. VGK’s site is in Mae Sot, on the Myanmar…
The world’s soccer governing body, FIFA, has reportedly refused to set up a support fund for migrant workers who suffered abuses working on key World Cup projects. Failure to act Freedom United is deeply disappointed at this announcement from FIFA, an organisation set to rake in over $7 billion from the tournament. Human rights organizations,…
Immediately following the release of a new report linking almost the entire car industry to Uyghur forced labor, the United Auto Workers (UAW) union issued a call for car manufacturers to cut ties with the Uyghur Region. Volkswagen, other major car companies implicated The report, Driving Force: Automotive Supply Chains and Forced Labor in the…
The 2022 FIFA world cup tournament has ended and we are disappointed that FIFA has not announced a dedicated compensation fund for exploited migrant workers who made the tournament happen. The 2022 World Cup has been mired in controversy from the beginning and questions regarding remedy for human rights abuses remain unanswered. While those who…
Even though the U.S. has implemented the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) and numerous brands have publicly sworn off suppliers linked to the Uyghur Region or Uyghur forced labor system, which includes Uyghurs transferred to factories across China, major companies in multiple sectors are still for the large part implicated by their supply chains….
After recent deaths in the English Channel, the U.K.’s prime minister, Rishi Sunak, has announced a five-point plan to overhaul the country’s immigration system. But experts are concerned that the changes will put people at an even higher risk of abuse and exploitation. Sunak’s five-point plan Currently, over 143,000 people are still waiting for…
The World Cup may drawing to a close but we aren’t ending the call for migrant workers to be compensated for their work and abuse they suffered while doing so. Freedom United and Be Slavery Free, representing over 107,000 global supporters around the world, are calling on FIFA and Qatari authorities to take action for…
“It was like a prison. […] It was traumatic. There were high walls, barbed wires, cameras everywhere. Everywhere you went there were locked doors.” – Jasmine (not her real name) Speaking to openDemocracy, Jasmine shares the awful conditions she faced when locked up in immigration detention centers around the U.K., with her latest detention in…
“About half an hour after we left… we heard a drone over our head… Two hours later… a boat appeared: it was the Libyans,” Abu Laila* told Human Rights Watch and Border Forensics. His story resonates with the broader evidence shared by the organizations this week in a multimedia research feature with a clear…
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