Links: Slavery in the News
AP: Romania enacts official holiday to mark abolishment of Gypsy slavery BUCHAREST, Romania — Romania’s president has signed a law making Feb. 20 an official holiday to mark when the slavery of...
View ArticleFreedom Award Winner Tina Frundt Makes Headlines!
Last year’s recipient of the Fredrick Douglass Freedom Award, activist Tina Frundt, made headlines when she returned to Cleveland—the place she had been trafficked into sex slavery when she was just...
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US attorney general: slavery has reached “crisis proportions”
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is speaking out against modern-day slavery, saying it’s “urgent” to “more successfully identify, assist, and seek justice on behalf of the millions of human...
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Ending Slavery Book Now Available in Finnish
There are many words around the world for slaves and slavery. In Finland, the word is orjat. And it’s on the cover of the FTS book Ending Slavery, which is now available in Finnish. In Ending Slavery,...
View ArticleNelson Mandela: An Inspiration to All Who Struggle for Human Rights
Our thoughts are with the people of South Africa, who’ve lost the man who led their nation from one of history’s most notorious forms of oppression. Nelson Mandela’s triumph over apartheid is a beacon...
View ArticleHonoring the Promise to End Slavery Forever
Last Saturday, I was standing on hallowed ground. As I rose to speak to hundreds of people gathered for a benefit concert at Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, I had to take a deep breath. That’s because on...
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Survivors of Slavery: Modern Day Slave Narratives
The people who know slavery best are the people who have lived it. Now you can read about their experiences in their own words. Laura Murphy has just released a book that will deepen your perspective...
View ArticleGhana to Capitol Hill: U.S. Briefing on Child Labor
It isn’t every day that a child slavery survivor from Africa is a featured speaker at a congressional briefing. But this week, Capitol Hill witnessed the award-winning advocate and child trafficking...
View ArticleA World at School – Choosing Education over Slavery
Education and slavery are interconnected. There are 57 million children worldwide who should be in school, but aren’t. About 5.5 million of them are slaves. This is why Free the Slaves has been asked...
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Governments Must Do More to Eradicate Slavery, says Kerry
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says “no government, anywhere yet, is doing enough” to eradicate slavery, and “zones of impunity” exist around the world that allow trafficking to flourish. Kerry’s...
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