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Fewer Child Sex Workers In Mumbai Brothels, Underground Trade Still A Concern: Study
Mumbai: The number of children trafficked for sex in the red light districts of Mumbai has dropped sharply, activists said, as they raised concerns over the trade shifting underground to private lodges and residences. A study by the non-governmental International Justice Mission (IJM), Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in Mumbai, mapped n...
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Japan Fleet Sets Sail for Antarctic Whale Hunt
A Japanese whaling fleet set sail for the Antarctic today, on a mission to resume the slaughter after a one-year pause, with environmentalists slamming the move as a "crime against nature".
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Not Paid, Locked, and Beaten; Factory Workers Rescued From Outskirts of Bengaluru
Over 100 bonded labourers who were rescued from an agarbatti (incense sticks) factory on the outskirts of Bengaluru last week, are on their way back home. The workers, from West Bengal, Jharkhand, Assam, and Nepal had been locked up and guarded with dogs to prevent them from leaving.
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Japan will conduct Pacific whale hunt in wake of court ruling
Japan said on Friday it would redesign its controversial Antarctic whaling mission in a bid to make it more scientific, after a United Nations court ruled it was a commercial hunt masquerading as research.
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Woman gets 10 years in jail for pushing minor daughters into prostitution
A Mahila Court in Chennai on Friday sentenced a woman to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for pushing her two minor daughters into prostitution. She was awarded a jail term of 10 years each on two counts, and seven years each on three counts. However, the court ordered that she would serve the sentence concurrently for ten years.
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12 labourers released from bondage
Twelve bonded labourers including five children have been rescued during an operation by district officials in Kancheepuram, some 50 km from Chennai.
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Fewer Child Sex Workers In Mumbai Brothels, Underground Trade Still A Concern: Study
Mumbai: The number of children trafficked for sex in the red light districts of Mumbai has dropped sharply, activists said, as they raised concerns over the trade shifting underground to private lodges and residences. A study by the non-governmental International Justice Mission (IJM), Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children in Mumbai, mapped n...
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Japan Fleet Sets Sail for Antarctic Whale Hunt
A Japanese whaling fleet set sail for the Antarctic today, on a mission to resume the slaughter after a one-year pause, with environmentalists slamming the move as a "crime against nature".
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Not Paid, Locked, and Beaten; Factory Workers Rescued From Outskirts of Bengaluru
Over 100 bonded labourers who were rescued from an agarbatti (incense sticks) factory on the outskirts of Bengaluru last week, are on their way back home. The workers, from West Bengal, Jharkhand, Assam, and Nepal had been locked up and guarded with dogs to prevent them from leaving.
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Japan will conduct Pacific whale hunt in wake of court ruling
Japan said on Friday it would redesign its controversial Antarctic whaling mission in a bid to make it more scientific, after a United Nations court ruled it was a commercial hunt masquerading as research.
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Woman gets 10 years in jail for pushing minor daughters into prostitution
A Mahila Court in Chennai on Friday sentenced a woman to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for pushing her two minor daughters into prostitution. She was awarded a jail term of 10 years each on two counts, and seven years each on three counts. However, the court ordered that she would serve the sentence concurrently for ten years.
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12 labourers released from bondage
Twelve bonded labourers including five children have been rescued during an operation by district officials in Kancheepuram, some 50 km from Chennai.
