n/a

slavery

December 9, 2020

Amnesty warns of 'giant leap backwards' as Human Rights Act threatened

Tearing up the Human Rights Act would be the single biggest reduction in rights in the history of the UK, says Amnesty.
September 12, 2019

Scourge of slavery increases amid new range of global issues, says UN expert

The scourge of modern day slavery is likely to increase as a result of environmental degradation, migration and demographic shifts, UN expert Urmila Bhoola says.
September 17, 2018

University of Glasgow publishes report into historical links with slavery

The University of Glasgow has published a comprehensive report into the institution’s historical links with racial slavery.
August 17, 2018

Pre-election crackdown in Mauritania

People campaigning against slavery in Mauritania face restrictions on their attempts to speak and work freely, says Amnesty International
May 9, 2018

UK slavery and exploitation laid bare in new report

Victims of labour exploitation are most commonly Vietnamese, Albanian and British, with British victims increasing by 362 per cent.
April 1, 2018

Bishops’ Easter letter warns of slavery in our midst

A group of Church of England bishops have issued a call to the public to “open their eyes” to slavery in their midst.
March 10, 2018

Dawn raids in investigation into suspected slavery ring

Forty one vulnerable workers are being supported following dawn raids by the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority and Merseyside Police investigating an alleged Modern Day Slavery network in north-west England.
January 22, 2016

New report finds tribal children paid in glue and alcohol

Tribal children in the African rainforests have been paid in glue to sniff, and alcohol, in return for menial work, a new report from Survival International report has revealed.
August 21, 2015

Islamic State and the ‘theology of rape’

The New York Times published a horrific story by Rukmini Callimachi on 13.
August 8, 2013

More action urged on trafficking and forced labour

Communities, churches, statutory authorities, survivor groups, police and NGOs need to work together better to tackle modern day slavery in Scotland and the UK.