BANGALORE, INDIA – Last week, IJM joined the Karnataka State Human Rights Commission (KSHRC) and local authorities on a rescue operation to free 50 pe...

On February 22, IJM supported police from two states as they worked together to rescue two minor girls from a cross-country sex trafficking ring.This ...

CHENNAI, INDIA – On February 18, proactive government officials in southern India led a rescue operation to free 247 people—including 50 children—from...

BANGALORE, INDIA – Last week, IJM assisted local authorities in rescuing 204 children, women and men from two massive brick kilns near Bangalore. This...

MAHARASHTRA, INDIA – In one of our network’s first rescue operations of the year, one of IJM’s grassroots partner organizations coordinated with polic...

13-year-old Abha was offered a way out of excruciating poverty for her and her family. Little did she know, she was about to be trafficked for sex in ...

KOLKATA, INDIA – On December 10 (World Human Rights Day), IJM’s team in Kolkata successfully worked with local authorities to rescue a 16-year-old gir...

Nearly every special moment in Chithra’s life—childhood, marriage, motherhood—was spent trapped on a farm under a slave owner’s watchful eye.

Arul and Pachayamma's life of slavery began when they were just children. Thinking freedom was unattainable, they married in slavery and inherited the...