The idea of slavery in modern times is a foreign concept for most Westerners. Of course, the Black Lives Matter movement was built on the continuing problem of racism and the 1640 movement aimed to ...
Modern slavery persists in Mauritania despite bans. The Breakdown examines history, weak enforcement, and global silence.
For a South African victim of human trafficking, this was the endgame. On a freezing night last July, Sindiswa, 17, lay curled in a fetal position in bed No. 7 of a state-run hospice in central ...
AFA copy 39088019752575 gift from Janet Stanley. Part I. THE "DISCOVERY" OF AFRICA -- The Crackling Surface -- Black King, Golden Scepter -- Rethinking Exploration -- Enter the Aviz -- Islands in the ...
In Lebanon, tens of thousands of migrants work under the so-called "kafala" system. Human and migrants' rights organizations describe it as modern-day slavery.Abang Sharon arrived in Lebanon on April ...
LONDON, Nov 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Almost 36 million people are living as slaves across the globe with an index on Monday listing Mauritania, Uzbekistan, Haiti, Qatar and India as the ...
India has the highest number of slaves in the world and it is in the forms of bonded labour, child trafficking and forced marriages. Many people, especially from lower castes, are trapped in bonded ...