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 Terry FitzPatrick | Jul 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
Dear Editor: Last week’s Village Voice article, “Real Men Get Their Facts Straight,” touches on an important challenge in combating trafficking and slavery: the lack of universally-agreed on numbers about the scope of the problem. We are disappointed that the Village...
by Free the Slaves | May 31, 2011 | Ghana
Editor’s note: This post is written by musician and activist Jason Mraz. In 2010, Jason traveled to Ghana with Free the Slaves to visit our frontline partner organizations. He also performed at the most recent Freedom Awards. Watch the awards in their entirety...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Jan 12, 2011 | FTS Updates, Haiti
This week marks the one-year anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Haiti. Free the Slaves has been part of the global humanitarian response, and caseworkers report they’ve reunited nearly 1000 children with their families. Many were in slavery, and others were...
by Free the Slaves | Oct 7, 2010 | Slavery in the News
Recently, a new website has launched, focusing on modern day slavery. Human Goods, run by Seattle-based journalist Christa Hillstrom, takes a “big picture” look at slavery, putting it into global, economic, social and cultural context. We’ve been...
