India

India is a country located in South Asia. It is the second most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion people. India has a rich and diverse culture, with many different languages, religions, and traditions. Hindi and English are the two official languages of India, and the country has a federal parliamentary democratic system of government. India has a long and complex history, and it has been home to many great civilizations, including the Indus Valley civilization and the Maurya and Mughal empires. India is a rapidly developing country and is one of the world’s largest economies, with a growing technology and service sector. Some of India’s major cities include Mumbai, Delhi, and Bangalore.

Legacy of slavery still scars society, blocks progress says UN chief | Indiablooms
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Legacy of slavery still scars society, blocks progress says UN chief | Indiablooms

New York: The legacy of the transatlantic slave trade “reverberates to this day”, just as modern-day enslavement is growing, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said. In a message ahead of commemorations for the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, on 2 December, Mr. Guterres said that societies remain scarred by the historical suffering of…

Daughter of a Lost Bird
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Daughter of a Lost Bird

LOFT FILM FESTIVAL 2022 REVIEW! Indigenous director Brooke Pepion Swaney’s powerful documentary Daughter of a Lost Bird starts with Kendra Mylnechuk Potter, the producer and subject, leaving a voicemail for her mother, who she has never met. In 1980, she was adopted by a white family and raised with no awareness of her indigenous background. There had…

Girl sold for money 12 years ago in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara found after turning 30
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Girl sold for money 12 years ago in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara found after turning 30

Rajasthan Police found a thirty-year-old woman, almost 12 years after she was sold in lieu of money. As per the complaint filed by the victim’s relatives, the female was sold to an agent after her family members failed to repay heavy debts. In the FIR, the victim’s sister-in-law alleged that the girl was sold for…

N.E. Ohio agency urged holiday shoppers to buy products free of forced labor – WEWS
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N.E. Ohio agency urged holiday shoppers to buy products free of forced labor – WEWS

ROCKY RIVER, Ohio — Colleen Cannon, manager of the One World Shop in Rocky River, is hoping shoppers will pay closer attention to the labor used to manufacture the goods and services they buy this holiday season. Cannon is urging local consumers to look for the “Fair Trade” label on the items they plan to…

Major trafficking ring in Portugal dismantled – InfoMigrants
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Major trafficking ring in Portugal dismantled – InfoMigrants

Authorities in Portugal have arrested a total of 35 people on human trafficking charges in addition to allegations of money laundering and falsifying documents. Dozens of migrants were reported to have fallen prey to the trafficking ring. The suspects reprimanded by the police include both Portuguese nationals and others from other parts of Europe. They…

Why personal is political at FIFA – dtnext
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Why personal is political at FIFA – dtnext

One of the most anticipated events in this season’s sporting calendar, the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar, kicked off this month with great fanfare. This time, the onset of the games has been clouded by controversies surrounding the host nation’s human rights track record, with regard to its treatment of migrant workers as well…

Surkshit Bachpan Surkshit Bharat' Campaign kick starts – Daily Pioneer
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Surkshit Bachpan Surkshit Bharat' Campaign kick starts – Daily Pioneer

With an aim to end the social menace of child marriage in region, Hazaribagh Deputy Commissioner Nancy Sahay initiated a campaign of child marriage free India in all the anganwadi centers, schools, panchayat and other institutions in the district. In the presence of Deputy Commissioner Sahay a pledge was taken to make India child marriage free and…

Shamima Begum, terrorist or victim: As the UK hears her case, here's her story – MSN
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Shamima Begum, terrorist or victim: As the UK hears her case, here's her story – MSN

Shamima Begum, a Britain-born individual who had made her way to Syria to join the Islamic State (IS) when she was 15 in 2015, is currently fighting a legal case in the United Kingdom to challenge the removal of her British citizenship in 2019. Shamima and two of her friends, Amira Abase and Khadiza Sultana…

IFFI 2022: ‘Fatima’, a documentary on human trafficking screened at the International Film Festival of India – The Hindu
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IFFI 2022: ‘Fatima’, a documentary on human trafficking screened at the International Film Festival of India – The Hindu

Fatima, a documentary by Sourabh Kanti Datta on the rescue and rehabilitation of trafficked sex workers was screened at the 53rd edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI). The film narrates the story of the tumultuous life of the eponymous Fatima Khatun, who was married to a pimp at age 9 and became…

Police in Portugal arrest 35 suspected human traffickers in massive operation – Al Arabiya
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Police in Portugal arrest 35 suspected human traffickers in massive operation – Al Arabiya

Thirty-five people suspected of involvement in human trafficking have been arrested in a massive operation that mobilized around 400 officers in Portugal’s southern Alentejo region, Portuguese police said on Wednesday. A total of 65 raids were carried out, resulting in the arrest of alleged members of a human trafficking ring that illegally brought migrants to…