More children wed, risk trafficking in Rohingya camps in pandemic - U.N.

The study found an increase in child labour and violence against children as well

Bring more traffickers to justice, UK anti-slavery chief urges

Officials and campaigners fear COVID-19 is hindering efforts to support victims and prosecute traffickers in Britain

Fears surge in demand for hand sanitiser could fuel child labour

The farming of sugarcane, used to make ethanol in alcohol-based gels, significant issues with child labour

New law to protect Thai fishermen seen boosting child labour

Activists are opposing a new law that will allow children to work on fishing vessels as unpaid interns

India celebrates anti-slavery pioneer Swami Agnivesh's 'life of rebellion'

Anti-slavery activist Swami Agnivesh, who died this month, campaigned tirelessly for human rights

Brazil court rules in favor of anti-slavery 'dirty list'

Brazil’s list of companies and individuals found by labor inspectors to have engaged in slave labor overcame a legal challenge by a Brazilian association of real estate developers

Pandemic pushes world's biggest jobs programme to brink in rural India

Millions of Indian migrant workers short on options after being left jobless by coronavirus

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Activists decry 'genocide' of China's Uighur minority - letter

Rights groups urged the U.N. to launch an investigation into 'atrocities' against the minority group in the Xinjiang region

U.S. pulls back from broad import bans for cotton, tomatoes from China's Xinjiang

Trump administration says narrower bans on products including cotton and computer parts are aimed at tackling China's use of forced labor by Uighur Muslims

S.Korea charges former 'comfort women' activist with fraud, embezzlement

The charges against Yoon Mee-hyang threaten to undermine the wartime sexual violence movement that she led for decades

U.S. lawmakers quiz Disney CEO over Xinjiang connection to "Mulan"

Lawmakers asked Disney about the use of local labor, Uighurs or other ethnic minority labor, and how they ensured forced labour was not used

OPINION: Linking research and practice is key to tackling modern slavery

Survivors, academics, frontline workers, businesses and policy makers must form new networks to find innovative solutions to slavery

OPINION: Coronavirus threatens to unravel hard-fought progress on rights for the most vulnerable

COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on those most vulnerable to forced labour and human trafficking, and things could get even worse