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How Bicycle Campaigners Are Taking on Child Trafficking in Rural Bihar – The Wire
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How Bicycle Campaigners Are Taking on Child Trafficking in Rural Bihar – The Wire

Katihar (Bihar): Mohammad Shabaz wakes up at the crack of dawn. Any lingering thoughts of going back to sleep disappear when he thinks of his childhood years. Years spent in distant Delhi when his tiny hands embroidered for hours without a break. Until he was rescued. As villages stir to life, he wants to be…

Assam: Police apprehend six for allegedly operating human trafficking racket in Kalgachia
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Assam: Police apprehend six for allegedly operating human trafficking racket in Kalgachia

Assam Police on December 23 arrested five youths including a woman for their alleged connection with a human trafficking racket from Kalgachia town of Barpeta district. The police in Kalagachia managed to apprehend them when they came to collect the ransom money and also recovered a four-wheeler luxury vehicle. The arrested persons were identified as…

What will the 2022 FIFA World Cup’s legacy for migrant workers in Qatar be? | SBS News
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What will the 2022 FIFA World Cup’s legacy for migrant workers in Qatar be? | SBS News

Highlights Qatar has been accused of violating the human rights of migrant workers. FIFA has defended Qatar and called Western critics hypocritical. Rights groups are calling for more thorough investigations into migrant worker deaths. Anish left his poverty-stricken family in Nepal to help build Qatar’s Lusail Stadium, with the hope of providing for his loved…

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…

Georgian tennis player Nikoloz Basilashvili acquitted of domestic violence charges
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Georgian tennis player Nikoloz Basilashvili acquitted of domestic violence charges

Court acquits tennis player Nikoloz Basilashvili A court has found the leader of the Georgian tennis team Nikoloz Basilashvili not guilty on charges of physical, psychological, and economic abuse, in which his ex-wife, Nelli Dorokashvili, was the plaintiff. The decision was announced by Judge Khatuna Kharchilava. Nikoloz Basilashvili case One of the country’s most popular…

Online flesh trade racket busted in Hyderabad; six held – Deccan Chronicle
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Online flesh trade racket busted in Hyderabad; six held – Deccan Chronicle

HYDERABAD: Rachakonda police busted a human trafficking racket operating from Hyderabad via online dating apps and arrested six persons, including a couple from Mumbai, a lodge owner and workers from Maharashtra. The Anti Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) of the Rachakonda police, along with the Uppal police on Friday, rescued two minor victims, both sisters, from…

‘From misery to hope’ – teenage boy returns to school after being exploited on a drugs farm
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‘From misery to hope’ – teenage boy returns to school after being exploited on a drugs farm

A teenage boy is now able to return to school after poverty and desperation…

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