India
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Slavery
“How do you raise a child in slavery?” Damru wonders.
When Damru and Hemanthi first became pregnant, they were thrilled. But three months after their daughter was born, she ran a high fever. With no...
March 03
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Sex Trafficking
High Schoolers Rescued from Sex Trafficking in Kolkata
On Monday morning, 16-year-old Mona* agreed to skip school again at her mother’s request. As she had done many times before, she followed her mother...
February 28
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Labor Trafficking
Three Brothers Freed from Slavery over Father’s Debt
After 13 years of hard labor in a brick kiln, three brothers are now free from debt bondage and modern slavery after a rescue operation led by south...
February 26
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Slavery
Two Young Families Rescued from Modern Slavery at Rice Mill
Two young families are now free from modern slavery at an Indian rice mill, thanks to a rescue operation led by government officials and IJM staff...
January 28
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Slavery
Scared and Scarred: 11 Rescued from Fried Snack Factory
Over the weekend, IJM supported local officials and NGO partners in rescuing two men and nine teen boys from bonded labor slavery at an urban factory...
January 16
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Human Trafficking
12,000 Survivors Write to Indian PM on 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...
January 15
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Slavery
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...
December 22
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Sex Trafficking
Criminal Network Selling Hundreds of Girls Begins to Topple
Mumbai police and the IJM team have secured a much-awaited breakthrough in the fight against sex trafficking this fall.
December 06
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Slavery
Six Rescued Children Now Dream of Home
An urgent rescue operation on Thursday brought 11 people to freedom in southern India, including six children and one baby who had grown up in...
November 19