Posts Tagged ‘enslaved’
Students Plead for Action
Secondary students in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand will challenge a global audience, during the February 8 online pilgrimage, to make better choices when buying food, clothes and electrical goods, particularly phones. Exploited or enslaved labour is used in much of the goods we buy and students are pleading with consumers to ‘Fight 4 Fair’.…
Read MoreSlavery on Thai Fishing Vessels
Kidnapped, Sold and Enslaved Recently 550 young men from Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand crawled out of Benjina’s jungle, out of incarceration in tiny iron cages and off the decks of fishing boats. They had been slaves, kidnapped, sold and coerced as boys in their home countries, only to be brutalised for years by Thai fishing…
Read MoreStop Trafficking!
Anti-Human Trafficking Newsletter Vol 12 No 11 The November 2015 issue of Stop Trafficking looks at the issue of labour trafficking and efforts being taken to address it. Read about people being ensnared on fishing vessels and trapped in domestic servitude. The need for transparency in supply chains is also noted. There are a number of links…
Read MoreStart Freedom Sunday
Stop Human Trafficking and Start Freedom Start Freedom Sunday is a day of awareness and action on human trafficking. This year Start Freedom Sunday falls on 17th February but is this day is not suitable for you another day may be chosen. This is an opportunity to show the world our compassion for those who…
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