Act, 1976, cases of bonded labour still surface in states like Telangana where many workers in sectors such as agriculture, ...

The Taliban insurgency afflicting Pakistan has shifted attention from the country’s myriad social woes, among them a brutal system of bonded labor that amounts to a modern-day form of slavery. The ...

Madhya Pradesh, held as bonded workers in Tamil Nadu, have been rescued and safely returned home. The government provides ...

After a harrowing discovery, authorities rescued sixty-two bonded labourers from an illegal brick kiln in Gaya, shedding light on a hidden 30-year-old practice. This revelation has raised eyebrows ...

Consider: A man entered his son into 20 years of bonded labor at a brick kiln in order to receive funds for the burial of his other son, who had died due to poor medical care. It is not an isolated ...

MUMBAI, Sept 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The death of an eight-year-old boy whose parents worked as bonded labourers has triggered demands for authorities to crack down on thousands of other ...

In a representation submitted to the CS on Wednesday, the APWS claimed that, instead of registering first information report (FIR) and carrying out proceedingsunder the Bonded Labour System (Abolition ...

CHENNAI, India, Feb 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Promising to eradicate bonded labour for good, the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu said on Tuesday it would ensure strict enforcement to root ...

CHENNAI: Mentioning that bonded labourers cannot be expected to withstand “tricky” cross-examination or respond with ...