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Abused, Unpaid, Children Among 400 Workers 'Bonded' At Telangana Factories
One rescued labourer from Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu alleged that he had been working at the kiln for nearly four years without receiving actual wages.
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UP Worker Killed By Terrorists In J&K Was To Visit Home On Diwali: Father
A 40-year-old labourer from Uttar Pradesh, shot dead by terrorists on Monday in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, had gone there five months ago to work at a brick kiln, his family said.
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5 Labourers, Sleeping In Chhattisgarh Brick Kiln, Die Of Suffocation
At least five labourers died of suffocation in a brick kiln in Chhattisgarh's Mahasamund district, police said. The labourers suffocated due to the smoke from the fire used to make cooking bricks.
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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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7 Men Charged For Allegedly Raping Dalit Teen, Setting Her On Fire In UP
A 14-year-old Dalit labourer was allegedly raped and set on fire at a factory in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar. Police on Tuesday said the owner of the brick kiln and six others were charged for the incident.
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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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How 2015 Nepal Earthquake Helped Clear The Blackened Air Over Brick Kilns
Below skies darkened by thick black smoke, hundreds of thousands of brick kiln workers endure back-breaking labour and suffocating heat working in almost medieval conditions across South Asia.
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After Brick Kiln, 200 Child Workers Rescued From Bangle Factories In Hyderabad
By Roli Srivastava Mumbai: Nearly 200 child workers, some as young as eight, were rescued from bangle factories in Hyderabad over the last week, as part of a crackdown that will continue until the end of the month, police said on Tuesday. Most children rescued were aged between 8 and 14 and came from Bihar, Bengal and Assam, said officials who are ...
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Under 'Operation Smile', 200 Child Labourers Rescued From Brick Kiln In Telangana
By Anuradha Nagaraj Chennai: Police rescued nearly 200 children, most of them under the age of 14, who had been found working in a brick kiln in Telangana in one of the biggest operations in the region, officials said on Wednesday. The children were rescued from a brick kiln in Yadadiri district, 40 kilometres from Hyderabad, as part of “Operat...
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170 Minors Working At Brick Kilns Rescued In Hyderabad
As many as 170 child labourers working in brick kilns in Yadadri district were on Wednesday rescued by Rachakonda police.
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In Odisha, Men Sold Like Cattle, Packed Onto 'Migration Express'
Nijam Khan was on a recruiting spree. All through the autumn, he drove to villages around the town of Kantabanji in Odisha looking for labour. He zeroed in on poor families, jobless men and desperate couples. He gave them cash to buy food and clothes ahead of the local harvest festival. In return, they gave him their freedom. “There are no jobs h...
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Rescued Bonded Labourers In Tamil Nadu Leave Behind Stories of Exploitation
Borita was seven months pregnant but was forced to work up to 20 hours a day at the brick kiln in Tamil Nadu's Tiruvallur district to repay her debt of Rs 40,000.
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Over 300 Bonded Labourers Rescued From Brick Kiln In Tamil Nadu
Over 300 workers including 88 children were rescued from a brick kiln in Tamil Nadu today where they were being forced to work for up to 20 hours a day without a proper salary.
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India's Booming Cities Are Being Built With 'Blood Bricks', Say Activists
When police raided the brick kiln in southern India where Siriya Banchor had been conned into a life of bonded labour - along with hundreds of other poor, illiterate migrants - the 48-year-old seemed more bewildered than relieved.
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Abused, Unpaid, Children Among 400 Workers 'Bonded' At Telangana Factories
One rescued labourer from Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu alleged that he had been working at the kiln for nearly four years without receiving actual wages.
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UP Worker Killed By Terrorists In J&K Was To Visit Home On Diwali: Father
A 40-year-old labourer from Uttar Pradesh, shot dead by terrorists on Monday in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, had gone there five months ago to work at a brick kiln, his family said.
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5 Labourers, Sleeping In Chhattisgarh Brick Kiln, Die Of Suffocation
At least five labourers died of suffocation in a brick kiln in Chhattisgarh's Mahasamund district, police said. The labourers suffocated due to the smoke from the fire used to make cooking bricks.
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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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7 Men Charged For Allegedly Raping Dalit Teen, Setting Her On Fire In UP
A 14-year-old Dalit labourer was allegedly raped and set on fire at a factory in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar. Police on Tuesday said the owner of the brick kiln and six others were charged for the incident.
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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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How 2015 Nepal Earthquake Helped Clear The Blackened Air Over Brick Kilns
Below skies darkened by thick black smoke, hundreds of thousands of brick kiln workers endure back-breaking labour and suffocating heat working in almost medieval conditions across South Asia.
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After Brick Kiln, 200 Child Workers Rescued From Bangle Factories In Hyderabad
By Roli Srivastava Mumbai: Nearly 200 child workers, some as young as eight, were rescued from bangle factories in Hyderabad over the last week, as part of a crackdown that will continue until the end of the month, police said on Tuesday. Most children rescued were aged between 8 and 14 and came from Bihar, Bengal and Assam, said officials who are ...
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Under 'Operation Smile', 200 Child Labourers Rescued From Brick Kiln In Telangana
By Anuradha Nagaraj Chennai: Police rescued nearly 200 children, most of them under the age of 14, who had been found working in a brick kiln in Telangana in one of the biggest operations in the region, officials said on Wednesday. The children were rescued from a brick kiln in Yadadiri district, 40 kilometres from Hyderabad, as part of “Operat...
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170 Minors Working At Brick Kilns Rescued In Hyderabad
As many as 170 child labourers working in brick kilns in Yadadri district were on Wednesday rescued by Rachakonda police.
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In Odisha, Men Sold Like Cattle, Packed Onto 'Migration Express'
Nijam Khan was on a recruiting spree. All through the autumn, he drove to villages around the town of Kantabanji in Odisha looking for labour. He zeroed in on poor families, jobless men and desperate couples. He gave them cash to buy food and clothes ahead of the local harvest festival. In return, they gave him their freedom. “There are no jobs h...
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Rescued Bonded Labourers In Tamil Nadu Leave Behind Stories of Exploitation
Borita was seven months pregnant but was forced to work up to 20 hours a day at the brick kiln in Tamil Nadu's Tiruvallur district to repay her debt of Rs 40,000.
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Over 300 Bonded Labourers Rescued From Brick Kiln In Tamil Nadu
Over 300 workers including 88 children were rescued from a brick kiln in Tamil Nadu today where they were being forced to work for up to 20 hours a day without a proper salary.
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India's Booming Cities Are Being Built With 'Blood Bricks', Say Activists
When police raided the brick kiln in southern India where Siriya Banchor had been conned into a life of bonded labour - along with hundreds of other poor, illiterate migrants - the 48-year-old seemed more bewildered than relieved.
