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UK business 'must wake up' to China's Uighur cotton slaves
2020-12-15 18:34:12| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
MPs say clothes retailers must act after the BBC disclosed the plight of China's Uighurs and other minorities.
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Modern day slaves
2018-01-18 01:44:05| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
There are 13,000 modern slavery victims in the UK, the BBC's Nina Warhurst meets one man who managed to escape.
With the most slaves globally, India improves response to the scourge: study
2016-05-31 07:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: India has the most slaves in the world with over 18 million people trapped in debt bondage, forced into marriage, sold to brothels or born into servitude, according to a global slavery index, which noted an improved government response to the issue. Forty percent of the world's estimated 45.8 million slaves are in India, although the scourge exists in all 167 nations surveyed by the Australian-based group Walk Free Foundation. Fiona David, head of global research at Walk Free, said while estimates...
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Japan, South Korea Reach Agreement over WWII Sex Slaves
2015-12-29 06:07:13| Auto Parts - Topix.net
Scott... -- A photo released on Monday by the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office shows what it says is a real gun next to the replica gun 12-year-old Tamir Rice had the da... -- Iran has shipped 25,000 pounds of uranium to Russia, fulfilling part of the nuclear deal.
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Fish sold here might be from hands of slaves
2015-03-27 22:41:37| Grocery - Topix.net
Fish sold in local stores might be from hands of slaves The Thai fish industry uses slaves to catch fish, which can end up on Americans' plates. Check out this story on cincinnati.com: http://cin.ci/1Chcczl The fish many Cincinnati Catholics devour during Lent might have been caught by a slave worker thousands of miles away in Indonesia.