by Free the Slaves | Jan 12, 2012 | FTS Updates, Uncategorized
All eyes will be on London for the 2012 Olympic games. That’s why our UK sister organization, Anti-Slavery International, has started a new campaign to make sure that the games are slavery-free. According to ASI, there are 5000 people trafficked into London or...
by Free the Slaves | Oct 13, 2011 | Take Action
The touch and feel of cotton, especially in Uzbekistan, has gotten rougher. According to reports from Anti-Slavery International (Free the Slaves’ partner organization in the U.K.), hundreds of thousands of students from the age of nine are being forced by...
by Free the Slaves | Apr 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
It’s Good Friday and Easter is just around the corner… this means that come Sunday yummy chocolate eggs will appear in Easter baskets all across the world. But where do the raw ingredients that make these delicious treats come from??? The Ivory Coast is...
by Free the Slaves | Mar 31, 2011 | FTS Updates
Last Friday, March 25, Free The Slaves marked the 204th anniversary of the Slave Trade Act—an Act passed by the UK Parliament formally abolishing the trade of slaves within the British Empire. On this day in 1807, Parliament finally outlawed British ships and colonies...
by Free the Slaves | Feb 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
Are the clothes you’re wearing tainted with child slavery? The answer could be yes, considering that Uzbekistan is the third top exporter—and sixth top producer—of cotton in the world. There is evidence that in the Uzbek cotton industry, children are pulled out...
