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333 Slaves Rescued in Second Largest Operation in IJM History
More than three hundred people are waking up today in freedom. This time last week they were up before sunrise making bricks that would be sold for another's profit. -
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A Desperate Father Escapes and a Path to Freedom Appears
When a desperate father escaped from a rice mill a few weeks ago, his first priority was to get medical help for his 2-year-old son with a heart condition. Then he shared what had been happening to his family over the past few years. Because of his courage, three families are now free from forced labour slavery. -
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Rose Farm Rescues Reveal Darker Side to Valentine's Day
On July 11, 2014, IJM and local authorities outside Bangalore, India rescued four boys from slavery on a rose farm. The children, each between ages 9 and 15, recounted being held as slaves and forced to water 4,000 thousand of roses each day for nearly five years. Their daily routine started at 5am each morning. Instead of going to school, the children would spend the next twelve hours mixing sand, watering flowers and refreshing the soil with manure. The boys were also responsible for carefully picking the roses from thorny bushes, a task that required skill and concentration. If a mistake was made and any flowers broken, the boys recalled being beaten by the farm owner. One boy said he tried to run away. Another shared how he was told to rub manure into his leg wound rather than visit the hospital. -
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IJM Mumbai Celebrates Freedom: Two Stories in One Day
MUMBAI, INDIA, February 09, 2015 As IJM joined local authorities on their first rescue operation of the year, the team got a phone call that four traffickers in another 2010 sex trafficking case had been convicted. -
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Six Nepali Girls Set Free In Kolkata’s Red-Light Area
January 22, 2015 Six young women trafficked from Nepal into India were set free from multiple brothels in a single night last week. IJM joined an entire police department and three other NGOs on the complex operation in the city’s largest red-light area. -
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A Tiny Church In A Mumbai Slum Gives A Giant Gift At Christmas
Two women sit quietly on a tile floor in a Mumbai slum and carefully piece together bits of green and orange fabric in an intricate design. Sunlight filtering through the barred windows lights up piles of brown plastic bags around them; hundreds of cotton quilts are folded neatly inside. -
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Rescue in Mumbai: Police and IJM Discover a Brothel’s Secret Hiding Spot
MUMBAI, INDIA, September 26, 2014 Getting inside the brothel was the first challenge: A manager sits outside a locked gate and screens customers. Behind the gate, a thick curtain blocks anyone from seeing inside. -
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Pop-Up Play in India Raises Awareness About Slavery to Tens of Thousands
One of the actors named Upendra cowers as another performer approaches him with a raised stick, poised to strike. Upendra is playing the role of a man trapped in a brick factory as a forced labour slave. The audience is captivated by the compelling performance, and many breathe audible sighs of relief when, finally, the family is set free. -
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Four Boys Rescued from Slavery on a Rose Farm
BANGALORE, INDIA – Four boys were rescued from slavery on a rose farm located just a few hours from the highly industrialized city of Bangalore. Two of the boys are brothers, and they had been trapped for five years. The youngest was only 9 years old. Child Slaves, Beaten for Making Mistakes -
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IJM Kolkata: Landmark Convictions Against Five Notorious Traffickers
Mar. 15, 2013 In the trial against Nakul Bera, survivors shared how they had been tortured and trapped in the brothel, pictured here. Police locked and sealed the brothel on that very night of rescue. Today, grass grows outside the brothel, indicating it has remained closed ever since.