by Free the Slaves | Mar 11, 2011 | FTS Updates, Slavery in the News
CNN’s coverage of anti-slavery efforts in Uttar Pradesh, India continued yesterday, with Indian Labor Secretary Prabhat C. Chaturvedi (shown in the video below) responding over use of the “S” word in the news reports. Secretary Chaturvedi disagrees with...
by Free the Slaves | Feb 16, 2011 | FTS Updates
Last week we told you about the groundbreaking anti-slavery PSA that went up in Times Square. Today, we’ve got a photo to show you how massive this ad is! See for yourself in the photo to the left—or, better yet, if you’re in New York City, go see it...
by Free the Slaves | Feb 4, 2011 | Slavery in the News
The University of Michigan Law School is continuing to be a groundbreaking, legal resource for the U.S. anti-slavery movement. In 2009, the school opened the country’s first legal clinic dealing exclusively with human trafficking. Directed by Professor Bridgette...
by Free the Slaves | Jan 11, 2011 | FTS Updates
The TVPA of 2000 is, as Amanda Kloer from Change.org says, the “cornerstone of U.S. efforts to combat human trafficking in the United States and around the world.” The law recognizes human trafficking as a crime, provides protections for victims, and helps...
by Free the Slaves | Nov 19, 2010 | FTS Updates, Uncategorized
In our research, Free The Slaves (FTS) has observed communities formerly in ruins because of slavery and trafficking, stand up and begin to experience freedom. With freedom, exponential improvements in social and economic development along with women’s empowerment...
