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Eight Survivors of Slavery in Ghana Graduate from Trauma Therapy
Eight survivors of slavery in Ghana recently graduated from a course of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy sessions. The programme included group and individual counselling sessions designed to help the children learn to process the symptoms of trauma they experienced. -
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New “One Stop Crisis Team” Rescues 18 from a Life of Slavery
Eighteen people—including 6 children—are now free from a life of modern slavery thanks to a brand-new One Stop Crisis Team recently launched in their home state of Tamil Nadu, India. -
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Judge Overturns Acquittal to Find Slave Owner Guilty in 2006 Case
CHENNAI, INDIA – The Madras High Court took a strong stance for survivors of bonded labour slavery this month by overturning a lower-court ruling to find a powerful slave owner guilty for his violent crimes. -
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Trafficked Boy Escapes, But Returns to Rescue His Friends
On a busy day last November, Manikandan looked around the dingy food factory where he’d worked for nine years and knew that this was his chance to escape. -
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IJM Staff’s Son Spots Forced Labour in His Water Supply
When one 9-year-old boy saw a group of other children being forced to work at a water treatment facility near his home, he knew exactly who to tell: His dad, Raja, who works at IJM to combat modern slavery. -
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Two Young Brothers Rescued – Now Reunited with Their Mum
Over the weekend, IJM helped Indian authorities rescue two young brothers from slavery at a cow farm. The 13- and 10-year-old boys have now been reunited with their mother and are beginning their road to recovery. -
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Landmark Conviction Brings Justice to International Trafficking Network on Both Sides of the Thai-Cambodian Border
A Thai judge found a Cambodian national guilty of trafficking five Cambodian victims into forced labour in Thailand’s fishing industry. This landmark conviction marks the successful prosecution of the first forced labour trafficking case that IJM brought forward to Thai law enforcement, and the second conviction IJM has supported surrounding Thailand’s massive fishing industry. -
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23 Children Free from Slavery in Ghana
Two girls and 21 boys between the ages of 6-16 years old were brought to safety from slavery in the fishing industry in Ghana the last week in April. -
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Justice for Burmese Trafficking Victims as Husband and Wife Plead Guilty
BANGKOK, THAILAND—On Tuesday, a Bangkok criminal court sentenced two Burmese traffickers to 18 years in prison. The verdict came just two weeks after the couple pled guilty to trafficking a Burmese family of 12, including five children, from their home in Myanmar to fishing ports in Southern Thailand. -
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Local Partners Rescue 29 from Bonded Labour Slavery over the Weekend
Our mission to protect the poor from slavery and violence took great steps forward over the weekend, with two rescue operations led by IJM partners in southern India. -
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Violence & Confinement Common in a String of Crucial Anti-Slavery Cases
More than 150 children, women and men are now free from bonded labour slavery already this year, thanks to the tireless collaboration of IJM staff in Bangalore and local government officials. -
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Five Boys Rescued from Slavery as Shepherds
Five boys who were isolated as goat shepherds for years are now resting in safety, thanks to a rescue operation led by local officials and an IJM partner in southern India.