Chocolate companies accused of forced child labor; honor based abuse cases; mass arrests of migrants
From Freedom United
Child slavery
Nestle, Mars and Hershey sued over forced child labor
Eight Malians who allege being trafficked as children to Côte d’Ivoire to work on cocoa plantations have brought a new lawsuit against seven of the world’s largest cocoa companies, including Nestle, Mars, and Hershey. Legal documentation describes how some of them worked for years without receiving any pay. This is the latest action in a long legal battle for justice in U.S. courts. Read more…
Forced marriage
Significant rise in so-called ‘honor-based’ abuse cases in U.K.
Forced labor
Mass arrests of migrants in Libya: who stands to profit?
After the most recent wave of violent, indiscriminate arrests of migrants, Omer Karasapan of The Brookings Institution explores the financial motives behind migrant detention and exploitation in Libya. The EU continues to support the Libyan coast guard in returning migrants to extremely dangerous and unsanitary detention centers where militias profit from enslaving and extorting them. Read more…
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