by Free the Slaves | Feb 10, 2012 | FTS Updates, India
Friend of Free the Slaves, artist Ben Swatez will be having an art show this Sunday, February 12 at the Phantom Gallery in Long Beach, CA. Last year, Ben visited our frontline work in the village of Bahari in India. The community there had just recently come out of...
by Free the Slaves | Apr 8, 2011 | FTS Updates, India, Uncategorized
During the 2010 Freedom Awards events, Free the Slaves became acquainted with an energetic artist and traveler, Ben Swatez. Ben did live painting during the Freedom Rocks after party, and we were inspired by his passion, and ability to connect with the audience. Ben...
by Free the Slaves | Mar 9, 2011 | FTS Updates, India, Slavery in the News
Sara Sidner of CNN is continuing covering of Free the Slaves’ work in Uttar Pradesh, India. Just launched on Monday, CNN’s Freedom Project covers modern-day slavery all over the world. New stories are going online and broadcast every single day—a truly...
by Free the Slaves | Feb 24, 2011 | India, Slavery in the News
Here’s a news link about a part of the world that Free the Slaves is very active in: Uttar Pradesh, India. Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state in India, has high rates of generational slavery. Entire villages have been trapped in debt bondage for generations....
by Free the Slaves | Feb 8, 2011 | FTS Updates, India
It was just over a year ago—January 2010—that Free the Slaves partners in India staged a raid and rescued 49 bonded laborers from a brick kiln near the village of Bahari. It turned out that 18 of the rescued laborers were originally from Bihar. They were able to...
