‘Thank you, Twinings!
By Miriam Karmali, FromFreedom United Thank you, Twinings! They are the second company to listen to Traidcraft Exchange’s campaign calling on tea brands to reveal where their tea comes from and have now published a full list of their tea…
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End Orphanage Child Trafficking
From Freedom United August 2018: We have reached out to Global Vision International, Go Overseas, WorkAway, Love Volunteers, African Impact and Plan My Gap Year calling on them to join organizations such as Volunteer Service Overseas who have taken a stand against orphanage…
Take a stand against orphanage trafficking this summer
By Miriam Karmali, From Freedom United “He dressed us up looking poor so the visitors see us, they feel pity for us, and they donate more. But they don’t really know what was going on inside the orphanage.”Sinet Chan, Cambodian…
Change in Eritrea?
By Joanna Ewart-James, From Freedom United News last week signaling what might be the beginning of the end of mass forced conscript labor in Eritrea is an unprecedented, if uncertain, development. This system, which leaves the majority of the population indefinitely…
Mauritanian activists freed!
By Joanna Ewart-James, From Freedom United We’re celebrating! Mauritanian anti-slavery activists, Mr. Moussa Biram and Mr. Abdellahi Matallah Saleck, were released from prison last week after serving two years in a remote Saharan prison. Our partners, anti-slavery organisation IRA Mauritania…
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Monster must investigate
By Joanna Ewart-James, Freedom United Monster Beverage Corporation, which controls 43% of the U.S.’s energy drinks market, recently concluded that there is a “minimal risk” of slavery and human trafficking in its supply chain. We want to know: how can…
Act to end slavery on Anti-Racial Discrimination Day
From Joanna Ewart-James, Freedom United Today is International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination – a day dedicated to combatting racism and racial discrimination. The UN notes that discriminatory practices are widespread, particularly affecting migrants and refugees as well…
We stood with Stephen
From Freedom United Last week, we took our supporters’ names to the UK Home Office urging the Home Secretary to review her decision to send human trafficking victim, Stephen*, back to Vietnam. We joined Stephen and our partners to hand…
Freedom United: We’re having an impact! Will you join?
The week before last we submitted our petition to the Australian government. We made sure that they heard our call for a strong anti-slavery law that will help mobilize business to take action to end modern slavery, especially in the…
A more meaningful gift this holiday
From Freedom United If you’d like to give a more meaningful gift this Christmas, our stylish new campaign sweaters, tees, tops, and accessories are now available on our fundraising store. Even better, when you enter the code ‘freedomunited’ in the…
