A survivor’s unbreakable spirit rewarded
| September 1st, 2024 News Digest |
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| Suurvivor stories Modern slavery survivor’s journey ends with carrying the Olympic Torch Mohammed Zaman, a survivor of modern slavery in the U.K., fought through nearly two decades of legal battles and exploitation after his passport was seized and he was trapped in grueling forced labor. His journey from hardships to carrying the Olympic torch is a powerful testament to his unbreakable will to reclaim freedom and justice. |
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| Child slavery U.N. raises the alarm after hundreds of refugee children in U.K. vanish Hundreds of unaccompanied migrant children have vanished from U.K. asylum hotels, feared to be in the clutches of human traffickers preying on their vulnerability. The U.N. warns that these hotels, used as holding pens for lone children, have become hunting grounds for traffickers, and is demanding the government take urgent action to end this dangerous practice before more lives are destroyed. Read more… |
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| Human trafficking Thousands of Nigerian women lured and exploited in Ivory Coast Sara* is one of thousands of Nigerian women and girls lured by false promises and trafficked to Ivory Coast, forced into a brutal cycle of sexual exploitation and debt bondage. Hidden deep in jungles and mining camps, these women, some as young as 13, endure starvation, violence, and extortion by corrupt authorities, trapped in a nightmare from which there seems to be no escape. |
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