Tormentor arrested, but trauma lingers for Kishanganj teen who lost arm in bonded labour horror

NHRC Intervention Case: NHRC Intervention Case: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) recently took suo motu

A representative image of a worker moving freshly cut red bricks for drying at a brick kiln in Neyyattinkara,

Four months of intensive investigation and technical surveillance that spanned more than a hundred villages

The boy, a native of Kishanganj district in Bihar, was allegedly separated from his companions at Bahadurgarh

Stepped off train, fell into nightmare: Bihar teen rescued after 4 months of bonded labour; tormentor held after

The Confederation of Central Trade Unions (CONCENT) welcomes the Government of India’s notification

PUNE: A woman, 31, from Jharkhand and her four minor children were freed from bonded labour in Mouje Chumb,

The workers who build the very foundation of India’s growing urban economy—those working in brick kilns,

It was the 22nd of August. The ground slipped from under Suresh’s feet, who worked as a laborer

NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Labour and Employment (MoLE) has directed all states and Union Territories

It is shocking that in 2025 a democratic republic that rests on the Indian Constitution

Over 100 minors who were allegedly being forced to work under exploitative conditions in a mushroom-manufacturing unit

From unpaid wages to delayed or missing rehabilitation, and frequent return to work where caste is central to exploitation, a study released

Most rescued bonded labourers have not received compensation or basic rehabilitation support

Dumped in the jungle like an animal’: Brother of Bihar teen forced into bonded labour, walked 150 km with severed arm

Without a victim-centric justice system response, including protection from intimidation by perpetrators and their associates.

In July, while probing instances of forced labour in the seafood industry on India’s eastern coast, this writer met hundreds…