by Free the Slaves | Jun 10, 2015 | Advocacy, Ghana, Slavery-Free Commerce
Ghana is one of the world’s top 10 gold producers, providing international refiners with gold that is eventually sold to banks, jewelers, electronics manufacturers and others. But a new investigation by Human Rights Watch (HRW) unearths how gold extracted by child...
by Free the Slaves | Mar 2, 2011 | Congo, FTS Updates
Free the Slaves, along with ten other NGOs—including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the Enough Project, and our ATEST partner World Vision—sent a letter this week to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urging immediate implementation of the conflict...
by Free the Slaves | Oct 5, 2010 | Uncategorized
A few weeks ago financial mogul and philanthropist George Soros made the largest commitment supporting human rights in world history. Soros’ $100 million dollar matching gift—$10,000,000 a year for ten years—is contingent upon Human Rights Watch’s ability to raise an...
