by Terry FitzPatrick | Jan 19, 2012 | Congo, FTS Updates, Slavery in the News
The newest front in fighting slavery involves educating consumers that many everyday products are tainted by slavery. Sometimes it’s sweatshop slavery where products are made. Other times, slaves are forced to harvest or mine raw materials. America’s most influential...
by Free the Slaves | Dec 15, 2011 | Congo, Slavery in the News
Free the Slaves and our frontline partners in the DRC have found multiple forms of slavery in and around mining areas of eastern Congo. We in the U.S. are not separated from these human rights abuses, because there is evidence that minerals from Congo mines end up in...
by Free the Slaves | Jul 12, 2011 | Congo, FTS Updates
Following the recent release of our groundbreaking video (which you can watch below) and investigative report on slavery in the mining industry in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Free The Slaves eagerly awaits the release of documentary film, Crisis in the...
by Terry FitzPatrick | Jul 7, 2011 | FTS Updates
A new groundbreaking video and investigative report about slavery in the mining industry in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are now online. The video is called “Slavery in Your Pocket: Breaking the Congo Connection.” In the film, three child slaves—Busho, Anyesi...
by Free the Slaves | Mar 25, 2011 | Congo, FTS Updates
The State Department has responded to the letter, co-signed earlier this month by Free the Slaves, urging immediate implementation of the conflict minerals law (PDF). Their response: “we do not support a delay” in the implementation of the law. The...
