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Jaipur, May 27 (IANS) Rajasthan Police will conduct a month-long statewide special campaign titled “Umang-VII” to combat child labour, bonded child labour and human trafficking involving children.

Pregnant Irular woman’s 12-hour escape exposes bonded labour horror at Karur brick kiln

A total of 17 bonded labourers, mainly children below the age of 18, were rescued from two brick kilns in Namakkal district

The Haryana State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has recommended that the Haryana govt pay Rs 10 lakh compensation to Santosh, a 16-year-old bonded labour victim

Over 200 children among 518 rescued from bonded labour in Nizamabad brick kilns

39 bonded labourers rescued from brick kiln in Tiruvallur

Officials said the workers arrived at the kiln about five months ago

Karnataka: 37 bonded labourers rescued from brick kiln near Hosapete. All labourers hailed from Odisha and were housed in a government hostel.

SEBI, MCA norms on forced labour ‘soft and voluntary’: India to USTR

New labour codes: The reordering of Indian labour relations

UP: Schoolchildren Allegedly Forced Into Manual Labour In Banda; Viral Video Sparks Outrage

Crackdown On Labour Trafficking Intensified In Odisha’s Balangir, Awareness Bike Rally Held

Four brick kiln owners convicted in 2012 bonded labour case

The accused ran a brick kiln in Tiruvallur,

60 migrant workers from Odisha freed from bonded labour in Tirupati.

The migrant families had been working at a brick kiln..

SC Directs Labour Ministry to Submit Affidavit in Bonded Labour Trafficking Case

Man gets eight years’ RI for holding Irulars in bonded labour, sexual harassment of minor

Tamil Nadu election 2026: Two Scheduled Tribe couples in State vote for the first time

Modern Slavery in India: How Adivasi Workers Remain Trapped in Debt, Deference & Disposable Work

Bonded Child Labour legal framework and its criticism. A comprehensive legal analysis of bonded child labour in India—

216 cases, one hearing: NHRC summons top UP officials over brick kiln bonded labour ordeal

Bonded Labour System Abolition Act 50 years: The kiln, the factory, and the coast: Three survivors share their harrowing

Bonded Labour Abolition Act 1976: 50 years of abolition law: Dr Tina Kuriakose Jacob is a development sector practitioner

On January 7, 1975, India took a defining step in its human rights journey announcing a 20-point economic programme

Bonded labour (or debt bondage) is defined as a condition where money is lent in such a way that the debtor is forced

BHOPAL: In a major crackdown on bonded labour, the Raisen district administration rescued 74 labourers

For the past five days, Raj Jatav has done little but cry following the death of his two-month-old daughter

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…