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Who Do You Think You Are?

Sara Sheridan | Posted 14.05.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: History, Geneology, Nationalism, Women's Issues, Japanese, Slavery, Scottish Independence, Siberia, Identity, Mongolia, Jewish, UK Culture, UK Lifestyle News
Sara Sheridan

I have to admit to a certain amount of confusion of late. I was asked recently by a friend 'what' I considered myself. I live in Scotland and here, in the run up to the referendum on independence next autumn, most people are trying to figure out, in essence, if they're more Scottish than British or vice versa.

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Forced Labour Father And Son Jailed

PA | Posted 07.05.2013 | UK
Read More: Luton Crown Court, Forced Labour, UK News, Tommy Connors, Patrick Connors, Tommy Connors Senior, Slavery, UK News

A father and son who forced destitute men into servitude have been jailed. Tommy Connors Senior, 53, was jailed for eight years and his son Patrick...

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The Bangladeshi Garment Industry: Made for Exploitation?

Caroline Robinson | Posted 06.05.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Transparency, Global Supply Chain, Human Rights, USA, Labour Rights, Bangladesh, Slavery, Supply Chain, Accountability, Human Trafficking, UK Politics News
Caroline Robinson

The outrage at such severe abuses mirrors responses to human trafficking and 'modern day slavery', as all agree that exploitation should not have a place in our supply chains. But whether low pay or excessive hours, bonded labour or human trafficking, the common thread is profits trumping rights and talk in place of action.

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City of Light, City of Dark - Varanasi and the Business of Modern Day Slavery

Jeffrey Gedmin | Posted 02.05.2013 | UK
Read More: India, Varanasi, Human Rights, Human Trafficking, Slavery, Poverty, UK Impact, UK World, World, UK News
Jeffrey Gedmin

Back in the city we meet with ex-prostitutes who have been rescued and are trying to transition to a new life. One young girl's father was murdered by trafficking criminals, so unhappy were they over the loss of 'property' and revenue.There's not much mercy to be found in the heart of the slave holder; even in Varanasi, the city of salvation.

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How Do We Stamp Out Profit From Human Misery?

Helen Grant | Posted 24.04.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Helen Grant, Victims, Slavery, Sex Trade, Ministry of Justice, The Salvation Army, Modern Day Slavery, Forced Labour, Human Trafficking, UK Impact, UK Politics News
Helen Grant

Human trafficking is a scourge. It does not discriminate and permeates across age, race, sex and gender; it crushes self confidence and destroys lives. Its victims are often some of the most vulnerable members of society, separated from family and friends and with no access to financial help or support, they can become forgotten victims. As victims' minister my role is to ensure that they are not forgotten, but it is a job I can't do alone.

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A Voice for Victims: Why Funders Should Support the Fight Against Modern Day Slavery

Gina Miller | Posted 12.05.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Donating to Charity, Miller-Philanthropy, Barnardo's, Csj, Charity, Slavery, UK Impact, Modern Day Slavery, UK Lifestyle News
Gina Miller

She had not been given a day off in three years and her employers had taken her passport away. She was shouted at, beaten and the children spat at her, hit her and pulled her hair. I asked why she had not left or run away. She said because her boss had told her that without a passport she would be put in prison by the British police for many years and would never see her children.

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Anti-Human Trafficking Measures 'In A State Of Crisis'

PA | Posted 10.03.2013 | UK
Read More: Trafficking, UK Anti-Trafficking, UK News, Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery, Modern Slavery, Slavery, Human Trafficking, Human Trafficking in the UK, Human Traffickers, UK News

Efforts to tackle modern slavery in the UK, including the sexual exploitation of children, are in a state of crisis, a new report has claimed. The ...

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Workfare Is Modernised Slavery

Dr Simon Duffy | Posted 29.04.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Workfare, UK Conservative Party, Welfare Reform, David Cameron, UK Labour Party, Archbishop of York, Slavery, Nick Clegg, Ed Miliband, Christianity, Lib Dems, UK Politics News
Dr Simon Duffy

Workfare is not only bad economics it is morally wrong. Workfare is a modern form of slavery. This may seem an extreme statement, for we tend to associate slavery with racial oppression, when black people were forced to work for white farmers. But slavery is not always racial and it is not always achieved by violence.

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Today We Remember Lincoln as a Great Redeemer - And That Should Give Obama Hope

Mehdi Hasan | Posted 30.03.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Abraham Lincoln, Awards Season, Barack Obama, Slavery, President Obama, Racism, Blockbuster Films, US Politics, UK Politics News
Mehdi Hasan

The story of how Lincoln pushed the Thirteenth Amendment through a divided House of Representatives in the space of just four months, thereby abolishing the institution of slavery for ever, only to be assassinated, was too moving and melodramatic for even this cynical writer to bear.

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What We Might Learn From History...

Dr Rebecca Fraser | Posted 24.12.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Exhibitions, Black History Month 2012, Containing Multitudes, Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina, University of East Anglia, Slavery, Racism, Race, Black History Month, Race Relations, UK Universities & Education News
Dr Rebecca Fraser

The many events and discussions that have taken place around the UK during Black History Month, which draws to a close next week, have given us the op...

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Slave Songs and Signing on: Exploring the Career Opportunities Open to an Under Qualified Over the Top Freelancer

Harry Deansway | Posted 19.11.2012 | UK Comedy
Read More: Jobs, Unemployment, Shakespeare, Albert Einstein, Slavery, Procrastination, Graduate Unemployment, Students, UK Comedy News
Harry Deansway

As William Shakespeare once said "Not even being able to afford your bus fare to the dole office is the great leveller" there is nothing quite like standing in the street claiming to be the owner of a yellow ticket in order to collect £27 to make you reconsider your chosen career path in the entertainment industry.

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Warning Over British Children Trafficked Abroad

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 11.11.2012 | UK
Read More: British Children, UK News, Slavery, Children Trafficked Abroad, Sexual Exploitation, Immigration Detention, News, Children in Care, UK News

More needs to be done to raise awareness about British children being trafficked abroad according to European experts. A report on how well British...

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Adidas JS Roundhouse Mids, Vagina 'Brightener' And Thongs For Ten-Year-Olds (PICTURES)

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 19.06.2012 | UK
Read More: Labia, Adidas JS Roundhouse Mid, Race Row, Feminine Hygiene, Vagina Brightener, Camel Toe, Slavery, Jeremy Scott, Adidas, Slideexpand, Shoes, Shackles, UK News

As Adidas throws in the towel and withdraws its proposed JS Roundhouse Mids following a race row, cast a backwards glance at these controversial produ...

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Adidas Withdraw JS Roundhouse Mids 'Slave' Shackle Trainers After Race Row (PICTURE)

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 19.06.2012 | UK
Read More: Trainers, Adidas JS Roundhouse Mid, Sneakers, Race Row, UK News, Race Relations, Racist, Slavery, Poll, Adidas, Shoes, UK News

The new Adidas JS Roundhouse Mids feature orange shackles Adidas has shelved plans to release a pair of trainers with bright orange "shackles" t...

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Adidas JS Roundhouse Mids 'Slave' Shackle Trainers Cause Race Row (PICTURE)

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 19.06.2012 | UK
Read More: Trainers, Adidas JS Roundhouse Mid, Sneakers, Race Row, UK News, Race Relations, Racist, Slavery, Poll, Adidas, Shoes, UK News

The new Adidas JS Roundhouse Mids feature orange shackles UPDATE: Adidas has now withdrawn plans to release the JS Roundhouse Mids Adidas is...

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India's Tobacco Girls

Davinder Kumar | Posted 11.08.2012 | UK
Read More: India, International Labour Organization (ILO), Mdgs, Poverty, Plan International, Human Rights, Children, Slavery, United Nations, Unicef, Child Labour, Child Slavery, Davinder Kumar, UK Impact, Impact, Video, UK News
Davinder Kumar

Five-year-old Aliya thinks it is some kind of a game she must soon master to be a winner. From the time she wakes up till she goes to bed Aliya watches her mother and all girls and women in her neighbourhood consumed in a frantic race. They all make beedis - the traditional hand-rolled Indian cigarettes.

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Does the Fashion Industry Need a Leveson Inquiry?

Esther Freeman | Posted 10.08.2012 | UK
Read More: Phone Hacking, Human Rights, Fashion, Slavery, Unethical Clothing, Clothes Production, Leveson Inquiry, Factory Conditions, UK News
Esther Freeman

Last week Anti Slavery International and SOMO released a report that claimed a factory producing clothing for M&S, Tescos and Mothercare were operating near slave like conditions

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Vulnerable Workers Kept 'In Fear' By Traveller Family

PA | Posted 23.05.2012 | UK
Read More: UK Courts, Travellers, UK Crime, UK News, Exploitation, Southampton Crown Court, Slavery, UK News

Vulnerable men were enslaved and exploited by a family of travellers who made them work from sunrise to sunset with no pay, live in tents and suffer b...

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Catholic Church Must Change Stance on Same-Sex Marriage

Manuel Barcia | Posted 22.05.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Catholic Church, Religion and Politics, Religion, Human Rights, Religious Tolerance, Gay Marriage, Slavery, Same-Sex Marriage, UK Politics News
Manuel Barcia

This bill is not about the Catholic Church or about the Catholic faithful, but about a human right for a considerable number of fellow human beings that has been neglected for far too long.

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London Courts Must Remain Open to Fighting Injustice Overseas

Joss Saunders | Posted 12.05.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: UK Impact, Human Rights, UK Law, Slavery, Global Injustice, International Law, Legal Aid, Oxfam, Abramovich-Berezovsky Trial, Law London, Injustice, UK Politics News
Joss Saunders

As their Lordships debate the Bill, and lawyers thank Messrs Abramovich and Berezovsky for their fees, it is not too late for the government to propose a small change in the Bill that would enable the poor person at the gate to have entry as well as the billionaire.

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Obscuring the African Contribution: More about School Textbooks

Manuel Barcia | Posted 02.05.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Education, United States, Slave Trade, African Americans, Haiti, Slavery, Africa, UK Universities & Education News
Manuel Barcia

Some weeks ago a group of Tea Party activists in Tennessee demanded from state lawmakers that any references that could tarnish the image of the founding fathers were removed from school textbooks.

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'Cellar Girl' Treated As 'Virtual Slave' Tells Of New Life

Posted 27.02.2012 | UK
Read More: UK Courts, UK Crime, Benefit Fraud, Cellar Girl, Slavery, Minshull Street Crown Court, Modern Day Slavery, False Imprisonment, Human Trafficking, UK News

A deaf and mute woman who claims she was kept in a cellar and treated as a virtual slave for almost a decade has told a court of her new life away fro...

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What Freedom Are We Calling For? Part 1/5

Ziad El-Hady | Posted 21.04.2012 | UK
Read More: Debt, Philosophy, National Debt, Interest, Middle East, Slavery, Fractional Reserve Banking, Freedom, Banks, Banking System, UK News
Ziad El-Hady

There is a call for 'freedom' in the Middle East, both from citizens within its troubled borders, and from our own Western supporters of democracy ove...

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Free Willy! Orcas 'Sue' SeaWorld Over Marine Park 'Slavery'

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 07.02.2012 | UK
Read More: Orlando, Animal Cruelty, Orca, UK News, America, Peta, Killer Whale, Slavery, Seaworld, Orcas, Animals, US News, Whale, UK News

Five killer whales are 'suing' SeaWorld, after Peta (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) filed a lawsuit on the orcas' behalf. The animal ...

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As We Approach the Olympics, it is Time to Start Taking Slavery Seriously

Antony Timlin | Posted 18.02.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Coalition, Olympic Games, United Nations, Human Trafficking, Slavery, UK Politics News, UK Politics News
Antony Timlin

As we approach the Olympic Games, it is time for us all to start taking contemporary slavery seriously. Far from being resigned to the history books, it is still endemic. Slavery is a perennial problem and requires coordinated and systematic international action.

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