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Locked In, Beaten, Forced To Work, Bengal Woman Rescued In Gurugram
A 39-year-old Adivasi woman from West Bengal's Birbhum district was rescued from alleged bonded labour in Gurugram on Friday, after a chance phone call to her family triggered a coordinated operation involving police, district authorities and civil s
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Man Arrested For Forcing 15-Year-Old Bihar Boy Into Bonded Labour In Haryana
A man who allegedly forced a 15-year-old boy to work as a bonded labourer in Haryana has been arrested, police said on Friday.
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Forced To Leave Son As Collateral For Rs 25,000 Loan, Woman Finds Him In Grave
A duck rearer in Andhra Pradesh's Tirupati and his family have been arrested for keeping a woman and her three children from a tribal community as bonded labourers, making her leave her son behind as "collateral" and then secretly burying his body.
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"Kept Chained, Given No Toilet Breaks": Bonded Labourers Rescued In Maharashtra
Forced to dig wells all day without even a washroom break and their legs kept chained all night so they wouldn't run away - this was the horrific treatment meted out to 11 men in Maharashtra, who were made to work as bonded labourers.
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Rights Body Notice To Maharashtra Government, Police Chief Over 11 Labourers Kept Chained
The NHRC has sent notices to the Maharashtra government and the state's police chief over 11 labourers allegedly being kept chained in Osmanabad district by a contractor to dig wells and prevent them from escaping, officials said on Monday.
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36 Jharkhand Labourers Stranded In Tajikistan For 2 Months: Official
At least 36 migrant labourers from Jharkhand have been stranded in Tajikistan for the last two months, and the state government is making efforts to ensure their safe return, an official said.
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38 Indians Working As Bonded Labourers In Nepal Brick Factory Rescued
At least 38 Indian nationals, including women and children, working as bonded labourers in a brick factory have been rescued by the Nepalese authorities from the country's Rautahat area, police said on Friday.
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"Racket In The Country" On Pretext Of Bonded Labour: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today said there are no bonded labourers in the country and that a racket is running on the "pretext" of bonded labour.
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Supreme Court Notice To Centre On Plea By Man Forced To Work As Bonded Labourer
The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre, the National Human Rights Commission and seven states and union territories to a PIL seeking enforcement of fundamental rights of people trafficked as bonded workers'.
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Bonded Labourer In Andamans For 35 Years, Jharkhand Man Returns Home
Unable to control the tears rolling down his cheeks, Fucha Mahli, 70 reunited with his family in Jharkhand after 35 long years working as a virtual bonded labour across the seas in the former penal colony of Andamans.
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Bengaluru Brick Kiln Owner Convicted For Bonded Labour
In a 12-year-old case, the owner of a brick kiln in Karnataka's Bengaluru - India's IT Capital - has been sentenced to three years in prison with a fine of Rs52,000 for making a dozen people from six Odisha-based families work as bonded labourers.
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Charges Against Man, Sons For Allegedly Forcing 6 Tribals Into Bonded Labour
A man and his two sons have been charged by Palghar police in Maharashtra for allegedly forcing six tribals, including three children, into bonded labour and making them work in a brick kiln, an official said on Friday.
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2 Children Among 6 Bonded Labourers Rescued From Chennai Plant
Six bonded labourers including two children were rescued from a water treatment plant in Chennai, the police said.
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50 Rescued From Bonded Labour At Three Brick Kilns In Tamil Nadu
Revenue officials in Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur district have rescued 50 labourers from three brick kilns after it was found that they had been engaged in forced or bonded labour for the past 12 years.
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This Indian Is Cycling From Chennai To Germany To Help Trafficked Victims
An Indian engineer is cycling all the way from Chennai to Germany's Hamburg, an 8500km distance to raise funds for victims of trafficking.
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Locked In, Beaten, Forced To Work, Bengal Woman Rescued In Gurugram
A 39-year-old Adivasi woman from West Bengal's Birbhum district was rescued from alleged bonded labour in Gurugram on Friday, after a chance phone call to her family triggered a coordinated operation involving police, district authorities and civil s
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Man Arrested For Forcing 15-Year-Old Bihar Boy Into Bonded Labour In Haryana
A man who allegedly forced a 15-year-old boy to work as a bonded labourer in Haryana has been arrested, police said on Friday.
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Forced To Leave Son As Collateral For Rs 25,000 Loan, Woman Finds Him In Grave
A duck rearer in Andhra Pradesh's Tirupati and his family have been arrested for keeping a woman and her three children from a tribal community as bonded labourers, making her leave her son behind as "collateral" and then secretly burying his body.
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"Kept Chained, Given No Toilet Breaks": Bonded Labourers Rescued In Maharashtra
Forced to dig wells all day without even a washroom break and their legs kept chained all night so they wouldn't run away - this was the horrific treatment meted out to 11 men in Maharashtra, who were made to work as bonded labourers.
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Rights Body Notice To Maharashtra Government, Police Chief Over 11 Labourers Kept Chained
The NHRC has sent notices to the Maharashtra government and the state's police chief over 11 labourers allegedly being kept chained in Osmanabad district by a contractor to dig wells and prevent them from escaping, officials said on Monday.
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36 Jharkhand Labourers Stranded In Tajikistan For 2 Months: Official
At least 36 migrant labourers from Jharkhand have been stranded in Tajikistan for the last two months, and the state government is making efforts to ensure their safe return, an official said.
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38 Indians Working As Bonded Labourers In Nepal Brick Factory Rescued
At least 38 Indian nationals, including women and children, working as bonded labourers in a brick factory have been rescued by the Nepalese authorities from the country's Rautahat area, police said on Friday.
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"Racket In The Country" On Pretext Of Bonded Labour: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today said there are no bonded labourers in the country and that a racket is running on the "pretext" of bonded labour.
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Supreme Court Notice To Centre On Plea By Man Forced To Work As Bonded Labourer
The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre, the National Human Rights Commission and seven states and union territories to a PIL seeking enforcement of fundamental rights of people trafficked as bonded workers'.
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Bonded Labourer In Andamans For 35 Years, Jharkhand Man Returns Home
Unable to control the tears rolling down his cheeks, Fucha Mahli, 70 reunited with his family in Jharkhand after 35 long years working as a virtual bonded labour across the seas in the former penal colony of Andamans.
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Bengaluru Brick Kiln Owner Convicted For Bonded Labour
In a 12-year-old case, the owner of a brick kiln in Karnataka's Bengaluru - India's IT Capital - has been sentenced to three years in prison with a fine of Rs52,000 for making a dozen people from six Odisha-based families work as bonded labourers.
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Charges Against Man, Sons For Allegedly Forcing 6 Tribals Into Bonded Labour
A man and his two sons have been charged by Palghar police in Maharashtra for allegedly forcing six tribals, including three children, into bonded labour and making them work in a brick kiln, an official said on Friday.
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2 Children Among 6 Bonded Labourers Rescued From Chennai Plant
Six bonded labourers including two children were rescued from a water treatment plant in Chennai, the police said.
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50 Rescued From Bonded Labour At Three Brick Kilns In Tamil Nadu
Revenue officials in Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur district have rescued 50 labourers from three brick kilns after it was found that they had been engaged in forced or bonded labour for the past 12 years.
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This Indian Is Cycling From Chennai To Germany To Help Trafficked Victims
An Indian engineer is cycling all the way from Chennai to Germany's Hamburg, an 8500km distance to raise funds for victims of trafficking.
