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Rescues Ensure These Children Won’t Make Bricks Anymore
Two back-to-back rescue operations on Wednesday morning have brought freedom to 10 people once trapped in modern slavery, including three children forced to make bricks alongside their parents. -
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Repeat Slave Owner Arrested as 31 are Freed from Horrible Conditions
A frantic phone call from one escaped labourer set off a critical rescue operation on Thursday—leading to freedom for 31 people who had been enslaved for three years in southern India. -
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'I Am Free and I Will Go to School', Eight-year-old Free from Slavery in Ghana
Two boys were brought to safety from slavery last week by the Ghana Anti-Human Trafficking police with support from International Justice Mission. -
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Three Brothers Freed from Slavery over Father’s Debt
After 13 years of hard labour in a brick kiln, three brothers are now free from debt bondage and modern slavery after a rescue operation led by south Indian authorities, IJM and our grassroots NGO partner on the 21st of February. -
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Trafficked Children Found Hidden Under Bed During Operation in Ghana
The Ghana Police Service and Ghana Department of Social Welfare, with assistance from International Justice Mission, have brought to safety six trafficked children between the ages of 6-12 from the Lake Volta fishing industry. -
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Two Young Families Rescued from Modern Slavery at a Rice Mill
Two young families are now free from modern slavery at a south Indian rice mill, thanks to a rescue operation led by government officials and IJM staff last Tuesday. -
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Scared and Scarred: 11 Rescued from Street Food Factory
Over the weekend, IJM supported local officials and NGO partners in rescuing two men and nine teen boys from bonded labour slavery at an urban factory near Chennai. They had been trapped since June 2018, making fried pani puri, a street food popular in north India. -
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12,000 Survivors Write to Indian PM on New Anti-Trafficking Bill
Meera looked tiny behind the large wooden podium—bundled in her pink sweater and scarf, unrehearsed, and using a microphone for one of the first times in her life. -
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12,000 Survivors Write to Indian PM on New Anti-Trafficking Bill
DELHI, INDIA—Meera looked tiny behind the large wooden podium—bundled in her pink sweater and scarf, unrehearsed, and using a microphone for one of the first times in her life. -
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Urgent Rescue: 52 Locked in Shed, Abused - Now Free
IJM supported local authorities in an urgent rescue operation this week in southern India, freeing 52 enslaved women, men and children from terrifying conditions at a ginger farm. -
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Six Children Free in Two Simultaneous Operations in Ghana
This week, police and IJM brought five children to safety and arrested two suspected traffickers in an operation in Ghana. -
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Operation Reunites Boys with Mother after 6 Years in Forced Labour
A dramatic operation this week brought two young boys to freedom in southern India, ending years of their mother’s desperate searching.