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Rights body raises concern about human, sex trafficking in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 10 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has released a study that identifies Pakistan as a source, transit and destination country for human trafficking.
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Next 25 years important for reclaiming what our society lost in hundreds o
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the next 25 years are important for getting back what our society lost in hundreds of years of slavery.
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On Babri Masjid demolition anniversary, BJP's Tathagata Roy terms Dec 6 's
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 6 (ANI): On the anniversary of the demolition of Babri Masjid, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran and former Governor of Tripura and Meghalaya Tathagata Roy on Sunday called December 6, a "special day" as "a symbol of slavery was pulled down by a patriotic crowd
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Force for Good: Mumbai's Billabong High International School kids raised f
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 1 (ANI/NewsVoir): The world is an extremely dangerous place to live in. Practices like human trafficking and modern-day slavery are still prevalent in our society. Estimates show that in 2020 alone around 900 cases were reported in our country. Women an
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Pakistan's pro-Taliban stance rooted in 'fear of India' despite spillover
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 20 (ANI): Islamabad's reaction to the Taliban's victory was the opposite of the despair in Western capitals. Their triumph showed that Afghans had "broken the shackles of slavery", Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan asserted.
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Bonded labour traps thousands in Pakistan, despite law against slavery
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], July 2 (ANI): Thousands of peasants in Pakistan remain entrenched in servitude under bonded labour as even after five years after the Sindh Assembly passed the Bonded labour abolition Act, the law is yet to be implemented.
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Biden signs Juneteenth bill into law, creating new federal holiday
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 18 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Thursday (local time) signed legislation establishing June 19 as Juneteenth National Independence Day -- a US federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States and said it will go down as "one of the greatest honor
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World Day Against Child Labour: Kailash Satyarthi Claims Child Labour is "
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 12 (ANI/NewsVoir): On the occasion of International Day Against Child Labour, which he worked to institute over 2 decades ago on 12th June, Nobel Laureate Shri Kailash Satyarthi speaks to social first publisher NEWJ for an exclusive interview, on the journe
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Experts in Nigeria raise concerns over country's rising indebtedness to Ch
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], April 27 (ANI): Experts in Nigeria have raised concerns over the country's rising indebtedness to China, saying that it is a recipe for economic slavery.
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Six arrested in UK for modern slavery offences
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], February 9 (ANI): Six people aged between 30 and 55 were arrested on Tuesday for modern slavery offences following a pre-planned operation in London and Essex to target an eastern European organised crime group trafficking people from Poland, the Metropolitan Police said.
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Dr. Biswaroop launches book based on 'Modern Slavery-Truth Never Told'
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 23 (ANI/NewsVoir): Dr Biswaroop Roy Chowdhury, Ph.D. in Diabetes, is known for the revolutionary 'DIP diet' held the press conference to launch his new book titled "1 Question that can save your life" on 23rd January 2021 at LTG Auditorium, New Delhi.
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S Korean court orders Japan to pay damages to WWII sex slavery victims
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], January 8 (ANI/Xinhua): A South Korean court on Friday ordered Japan's government to pay damages to the South Korean victims who were forced into sex slavery for Imperial Japan's military brothels during World War II.
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