India
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Sex Trafficking
Relentless Police and IJM Staff Rescue 15-Year-Old Girl from a Brothel
After several attempts at rescue, a teenage girl has finally been freed from a dangerous red-light district in Kolkata, and she now has a chance at...
June 07
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Slavery
Sensitive Officials and IJM's Partner NGO Rescue 40 from Bondage at a Brick Kiln
Last month, IJM’s trained partner organization Jai Bhim Vikas Shikshan Sansthan (JBVSS) worked with government officials in the state of Rajasthan to...
May 23
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Slavery
Families Stunned as They Are Freed from Bondage in Wood-Cutting Facility
Local officials, police and IJM staff helped rescue three families from years of bonded labor slavery today—leaving the men, women and children in...
March 31
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Labor Trafficking
Roopa's Story
BANGALORE, INDIA – “I was very happy for the first six years of my life,” Roopa recalls with a smile. Her childhood was full of playing with her...
March 15
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Slavery
Brick Kiln Owner Guilty for Trapping 12 People in Bonded Labor Slavery
On Friday, justice was served for 12 former bonded labor slaves, as the wealthy brick kiln owner who had once trapped and abused them was found...
March 14
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Labor Trafficking
11 Boys and Young Men Freed from a Shoe Factory
Proactive government officials, police and IJM staff rescued 11 laborers from an urban shoe factory last Wednesday, including three teenage boys and...
February 15
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Slavery
Judgment and Rescue Help End Bondage in Bangalore
In just the first few weeks of the new year, local authorities and IJM’s team in Bangalore dealt several swift blows to the system of bonded labor...
January 25
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Slavery
Eight Convicted in Brutal “Hand-Chopping” Slavery Case
On Christmas Eve, eight Indian traffickers were convicted for torturing and chopping off the right hands of two innocent men they had tried to...
January 04
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Human Trafficking
Three Women Convicted for Trafficking after 7-Year Trial
On Wednesday, IJM celebrated justice served for three young survivors of trafficking, as the women who sold them into the sex trade were at last...
October 27