HISTORICAL FACTS: 21 - The Untold Story

Rescued from virtual slavery in Myanmar's online scam centers, 260 foreigners are being repatriated

Thailand's army says some 260 people believed to have been trafficked and trapped into working in online scam centers are to be repatriated after they were rescued from Myanmar

The Independent UK · Feb 13, 2025

UK shipping firm used enslaved workers in Caribbean after abolition, study finds

Postal Museum says research featured in new exhibition shows how global postal service was ‘tool of empire’

The Guardian - UK · Feb 13, 2025

Modern slavery and climate change: how extreme weather fuels forced labour and unwanted marriages

Weather-induced disasters that are the result of climate change are increasingly affecting societies. One area that hasn’t been explored much yet is how extreme weather events are creating conditions for a rise in modern slavery.

The Conversation · Feb 10, 2025

Labour facing defeat in vote to ban green energy investments tied to Uyghur exploitation

Exclusive: cross-party backing likely for amendment to GB Energy bill aiming to block solar panels made by forced labour

The Guardian - UK · Feb 4, 2025

Labour accused of rank hypocrisy over plans to detain child migrants and ditch slavery protections

Yvette Cooper is pressing ahead with plans her party previously opposed as campaigners warn measures will only increase trafficking

The Independent UK · Jan 30, 2025

Labour’s border bill to 'block migrants from claiming slavery protections’

Sir Keir Starmer accused the previous Conservative government of ‘driving a coach and horses’ through protections for victims of trafficking

The Independent UK · Jan 30, 2025

Rereading Rembrandt: how the slave trade helped establish the golden age of Dutch painting

The so-called golden age of Dutch painting in the 1600s coincided with an economic boom that had a lot to do with the transatlantic slave trade. But how did the slave trade shape the art market in the Netherlands? And how is it reflected in the paintings of the time?

The Conversation · Jan 28, 2025

Harvard Abruptly Sacks Entire Slavery Remembrance Team, Refuses to Say Why

Harvard abruptly laid off its Slavery Remembrance Program staff, who were tasked with identifying direct descendants of people enslaved by Harvard affiliates.

Latin Times · Jan 25, 2025

Aussie-made tax breaks urged to combat forced labour

Tax breaks for local producers could become law if the coalition upholds its opposition to forced labour in global supply chains, an anti-slavery expert says.

AAP · Jan 24, 2025

Lloyd’s Register apologises for its role in trafficking enslaved people from Africa

The maritime group, founded in 1760 by merchants and underwriters, issued the apology after commissioning research into its links to slavery

The Guardian - UK · Jan 22, 2025