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OFW sought help from agency months before she was killed by Kuwaiti employer

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 02 05:58 PM

Labor chief Silvestre Bello said in they would ask the agency to explain why it failed to act on the OFW's request for repatriation months before her death. Read more »

Pope Francis denounces 'torture, slavery' in Libyan migrant camps

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Dec 19 10:30 PM

"How can we fail to hear the cry of so many brothers and sisters who prefer to face a tempestuous sea rather than die slowly in Libyan detention camps, places of torture and ignoble slavery?" he said. Read more »

POGO workers parokyano ng 2 sinalakay na prostitution den: imbestigador

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 18 10:03 AM

Karamihan sa mga parokyano ng 2 prostitution den na sinalakay ng mga awtoridad ngayong linggo at pinapatakbo ng ilang Chinese ay kanilang mga kababayan na nagtatrabaho sa Philippine offshore gaming operator (POGO) hubs, sinabi ng National Bureau of Investigation, Miyerkoles. Read more »

Picked by slaves: coffee crisis brews in Brazil

Fabio Teixeira, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Dec 12 10:18 PM

US giant Starbucks, Swiss-based Nespresso and Brazil's Nucoffee have all used coffee plantations found by labor officials to have exploited laborers in recent years.   Read more »

China to Philippines: 'Punish' casinos, POGOs illegally recruiting Chinese

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 08 06:48 PM

Chinese law bans its citizens from engaging in "any form of gambling" including online and those that are based overseas but cater to Chinese nationals, China's embassy in Manila said in a statement. Read more »

Nike pulls US sneaker featuring slavery-era flag

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 03 07:41 AM

Nike said Tuesday it had withdrawn a shoe displaying an early version of the American flag, with US media reporting the decision came after former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick warned the design was associated with slavery.  Read more »

Britain's HSBC to help modern slaves 'rebuild lives' with bank access

Sarah Shearman, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Jun 24 08:17 AM

British retail bank HSBC UK launched a scheme on Monday to help victims of modern slavery and human trafficking in Britain "rebuild their lives" by giving them access to bank accounts.  Read more »

Filipina finds freedom after living as family slave in US for decades

Steve Angeles, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 12 04:35 PM

LOS ANGELES, California - A Filipina woman recently gained her freedom after being captive for 65-years as a family slave in the US. Read more »

N.Korean women tell of slavery and gang rape in Chinese cybersex dens

Emma Batha, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at May 21 07:01 AM

LONDON - Tens of thousands of North Korean women and girls - some as young as 9 - are being trafficked into sexual slavery in China as they try to flee poverty and oppression in their homeland, experts on the reclusive state said on Monday. Read more »

Merry or misery? Shoppers urged to avoid Christmas gifts linked to slavery

Sonia Elks, Reuters
Posted at Dec 20 11:48 AM

Christmas holidaymakers have been warned by officials and campaigners not to inadvertently fund slavery with their gift lists as awareness grows over forced and child labor used in a list of products from princess dolls to sparkly make-up. Read more »

Apple to employ trafficking survivors to fight slave labor

Lin Taylor, Reuters
Posted at Nov 15 04:26 PM

Apple will employ trafficking survivors to work in its retails stores, the technology giant said, after winning an international award for making details of its supply chains public in a bid to help end modern slavery. Read more »

Extortion and abuse: Myanmar workers arrive debt-laden in Thailand

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 04 02:52 PM

YANGON, Myanmar - A "mafia" of recruitment agents is trapping Myanmar migrants to Thailand in debt bondage despite a 2017 law meant to fight exploitation in the kingdom's notoriously shadowy job market, activists and workers say. Read more »

Chasing shadows: can technology save the slaves it snared?

Kieran Guilbert, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Jun 21 11:46 AM

LONDON - For Filipina teenager Ruby, a Facebook message offering a job in a cyber cafe across the country seemed too good to be true. bDays later, the 16-year-old orphan was dragged in front of a webcam by her new employers and forced to perform sex acts for clients. Read more »

WE REMEMBER: Comfort women, by the numbers

Research by Carmelle Lacuata; Infographic by Louie Magano, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 12 06:11 AM

"Comfort women" were girls and women taken to "comfort stations" of the Japanese military during World War 2. Last month, the Philippines became the only country to tear down a statue dedicated to remembering the suffering of comfort women. Read more »

Gabriela seeks House probe on removal of 'comfort woman' statue

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 10 10:19 PM

Women's group Gabriela on Thursday sought a legislative inquiry into the removal of the statue depicting a comfort woman along Roxas Boulevard. Read more »

Kanye West sparks new outrage in calling slavery 'choice'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 02 08:00 AM

Rapper Kanye West, on the receiving end in the music world after backing President Donald Trump, sparked fresh outrage Tuesday when he called slavery "a choice."  Read more »

Memorial honoring Filipino comfort women gone

Noel Celis, AFP
Posted at Apr 30 04:19 PM

This photo taken on April 28, 2018 shows a backhoe at the site where a memorial statue for World War II "comfort women", who were made sex slaves for Japanese troops during the conflict, once stood in Manila.  Read more »

Duterte says deal with Kuwait on OFWs reached

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 12 08:38 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said he may fly to Kuwait to witness the signing of an agreement with the Kuwaiti government that will guarantee the security of Filipino domestic helpers in the Gulf state. Read more »

Philippine child slavery survivors fight to heal scars of abuse

Kieran Guilbert, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Mar 28 08:19 AM

These young survivors of modern slavery are learning martial arts as part of their recovery in a shelter for child trafficking victims in Manila, the capital of the Philippines. Read more »

Hong Kong set to jail 'dishonest' maid recruiters in slavery fight

Beh Lih Yi, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Jan 30 10:03 PM

Every year thousands of women in countries such as the Philippines and Indonesia pay recruiters to secure jobs as domestic workers abroad. Read more »