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Indian American sentenced to 11 years for slavery

New York, Jun 27 : India-born US millionaire Varsha Sabhnani, who along with her... more

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Millionaire gets 11 years in slave labor case

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. - A judge on Thursday gave an 11-year prison sentence to a... more

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Slavery and music (liberation).

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10 shocking facts about global slavery in 2008

1. There are more people in slavery now than at any other time in human history 2.... more

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Shadow Business

Three words: modern day slavery.

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THE ACCEPTABLE SIN

A 60-something liberal woman in the Bible Belt shares her thoughts on Obesity.

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FUMO CHOOSES POOR COMPARISON

TO ALLOW A PROPOSAL TO BAN GAY MARRIAGE, IS LIKE ALLOWING A VOTE ON THE RETURN OF... more

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Child "slaves" found in Chinese factories

Chinese officials "rescued" nearly 100 children from working in factories in... more

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America's prison system viewed with horror by the world

It used to be that Europeans came to the United States to study its prison systems.... more

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Half A Negro Boy

Ancestry.com reveals that Al Sharpton's great-grandfather was owned by the family... more

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Exploited and Trapped in Dubai

A group of men have been sleeping rough in a Karama park for the past six months after their passports were stolen by a recruitment agent when they arrived in Dubai. At least 30 Indians now regard the park as their home, as they have no money to rent accommodation and cannot get jobs as they are regarded as illegal workers.

“This little park has become our home for the past six months. We sleep on the grass and look towards the sky hoping that there won’t be rain or dust storms... Sometimes we remain awake all night as it is too cold to sleep,” said Bukke Shiva Rao, a 32-year-old Indian worker from the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
He said that he sleeps in the park at night and goes out during the daytime looking for work. “No one is ready to provide us with a job as we are illegals and do not hold any identification documents to prove our credentials. Our only aim is to return to our country but we need help,” he added. “We have no idea for how many more days we will be suffering like this. One of our colleagues went out recently and broke his arm. He is still desperately looking for treatment. There are also many others who are suffering with various other ailments,” said another worker, Y Rajesh.
A Dubai-based social worker has been providing free food to the group on a daily basis. The men said that they came to the country at the time when the amnesty was announced last year but mounting debts back home forced them to try to find jobs, rather than take advantage of the grace period.
“We borrowed huge sums of money to come here and the interest rate has been climbing every month. We thought we could earn good money staying here. However we failed to find jobs due to strict labour laws introduced after the end of the amnesty period,” said Rajesh who paid dhs10,000 to an agent to come to Dubai.
Indian Consulate officials said that they would contact the workers and try to help them. “We will get in touch with the workers to find out why they are stranded in the country and try to provide them air tickets so that they can fly home,” BS Mubarak, Consul for Labour Affairs in the Indian Consulate, told 7DAYS.A group of men have been sleeping rough in a Karama park for the past six months after... more