Slavery
Turning the Tide on Slavery in the Thai Fishing Industry
It was like hell.”Saying this, Leakhena had the same haunted look that I have now seen reflected in hundreds of survivors’ eyes as they travel back...
February 24
Labor Trafficking
Ruling Overturned in Thailand to Restrain Man Who Abused Crew Member
A Burmese crew supervisor on a fishing vessel was sentenced to serve two years imprisonment after the Court of Appeal upheld his conviction and...
February 18
Labor Trafficking
Change is Happening: Officials Free 204 in a Single Day
Last week, IJM assisted local authorities in rescuing 204 children, women and men from two massive brick kilns near Bangalore.
February 18
Slavery
Survivor Advocacy Network Spreads in Southern India
On December 16, eighty survivors of bonded labor from across Karnataka joyfully gathered to inaugurate their state’s first branch of the Released...
February 12
Slavery
Freedom for Boy Forced to Fish While Sick
In late January, IJM and partners worked diligently to rescue three young boys ages 9, 10, and 12. The children spent around seven months to two...
February 09
Slavery
He Just Wanted to Go Home
Ron was a father, a husband, and a family man willing to risk anything to give his family just the basics. But in Cambodia, dire poverty kept getting...
February 03
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