After a harrowing discovery, authorities rescued sixty-two bonded labourers from an illegal brick kiln in Gaya, shedding ...

India promised to end bonded labour by 2030 — yet thousands of families remain unpaid prisoners in brick kilns and farms in 2025. Rescued workers rarely receive rehabilitation money or justice; most ...

Ongole: Twenty-nine bonded labourers belonging to Chenchu tribal families from VY Colony of Kurichedu mandal were rescued after being forced to work at a coal kiln near Kalvakurthy Road ...

Madhya Pradesh, held as bonded workers in Tamil Nadu, have been rescued and safely returned home. The government provides ...

A STUDY conducted recently by the Mirpurkhas police has found that since January this year, 648 bonded labourers have been recovered by the police and liberated by the courts. However, no ...

Ex-bonded labourer Peddalingamma elected sarpanch in a Telangana village in a historic first for her community The Chenchu tribe endured bonded labour under local businessmen for over 30 years A 2016 ...

Twenty-four persons were rescued from bonded labour at Olapalayam near Modakurichi in Erode district on Sunday (March 8, 2026) and a man from Maharashtra was arrested in connection with the case.

THIRUTHANI, India, April 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Indians rescued from slavery are coming together to free others from bonded labour in brick kilns, rice mills and factories throughout the ...

HYDERABAD, Nov 21 The government should seriously work on eliminating bonded labour and media on highlighting the plight of exploitative trends employed by the powerful landlords. This was expressed ...

Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) is concerned over the death of Christian labourer Marqas Masih in Sargodha. Found hanged ...

* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. At eight, Devanand was sold by his father to a local landlord in the Indian state of ...

HYDERABAD: Purusula Pedda Lingamma, a Chenchu woman who was once a bonded labourer, has risen from a life of servitude to become sarpanch of Ramagiri village in Nagarkurnool district.Her journey — ...