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42 People Rescued from Bonded Labour at a Sugarcane Farm
In one of our network’s first rescue operations of the year, IJM’s partner organization Jan Sahas coordinated with police in two Indian states to free 42 people from violent bonded labour at a sugarcane factory. -
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Survivor Network Expands in Karnataka as Ex-Bonded Labourers Unite to End Trafficking
On December 16, eighty survivors of bonded labour from across Karnataka joyfully gathered to inaugurate their state’s first branch of the Released Bonded Labourers’ Association (RBLA), which helps survivors unite their voices for an end to bonded labour and human trafficking. -
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Suspected Trafficker Arrested for Selling Five Victims in Her Home
Last month, IJM supported Mumbai authorities in rescuing five girls and young women from a small, cluttered apartment where they were being repeatedly sold for sex. Police have also arrested a 35-year-old woman suspected of exploiting these victims to a network of private customers. -
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Enslaved to Harvest Silk Thread - Now Free
Last week, IJM assisted local authorities in rescuing six adult labourers and a 4-year-old boy from years of bonded labour slavery, where they faced near-constant abuse in order to make silk thread. -
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44 Children and 32 Adults Freed from Slavery at Jewellery Factories
This month, local officials freed 76 victims of human trafficking—including boys as young as 10—from a group of jewellery factories profiting off forced labour for years. -
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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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Police and IJM Stop Traffickers from Selling a 15-Year-Old Girl
IJM assisted Kolkata’s anti-trafficking police on a successful rescue operation on Tuesday, 16 July. They freed one 15-year-old girl from a year of exploitation and from much longer patterns of abuse. -
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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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Courts Tell Survivor Nasima: You Matter