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Brazilian Influencer

15 Jul 2024

Brazilian Influencer Arrested For Forcing Followers Into Sex Work, Slavery

Torres, who once graced magazine covers and mingled with Hollywood A-listers, used her online presence to lure followers into exploitation, masking her dark activities behind a facade of spiritual and wellness guidance.

19 Jun 2023

What Is Juneteenth? The History Of This Holiday, Meaning And Important Facts

Juneteenth is annually on June 19 Juneteenth is a commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States Abraham Lincoln, signed the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed over 3 million slaves

26 May 2023

DNA: The world chained by 'modern slavery'

By the end of last year, some 50 million people around the world were victims of "modern slavery", either forced into bonded labor or forced into marriage. This figure has been estimated to be 25 percent more than the previous report of the organization that came five years ago. While the highest number of cases of forced marriage per capita were found in Arab countries.

27 Apr 2022

'Names of Delhi's 40 villages symbolizes slavery,' states Delhi BJP Prez Adesh Gupta

The campaign to change the name of 40 villages of Delhi is going on continuously, this campaign is being run under the leadership of Delhi BJP President Adesh Gupta

United States of America

07 Mar 2017

Slaves were ''involuntary immigrants'': US Secretary

US Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson described slaves as immigrants and argued that the label fits anyone who comes into a country from the outside - even "involuntary immigrants", the media reported.

16 Feb 2017

Ashton Kutcher stresses use of technology to eradicate sex trafficking

Actor Ashton Kutcher, who during his 2012 visit to India had met sex trafficking victims and has been batting for their cause for long, says there's need to understand the importance of using technology as a tool to eradicate slavery.

28 Nov 2016

21 million people worldwide in contemporary slavery: UN

They also announced an upcoming event which will showcase the extent of modern-day slavery, Xinhua news agency reported.

04 Nov 2016

Why Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton should not forget Shirley Chisholm

Nearly eight years back, it was a huge moment in American history when for the first time a Black man became the president of the United States.

Congress Leader

02 Jun 2016

Congress leader Renuka Chowdhury is facing flak on social media for THIS photo

Renuka Chowdhury has been at the receiving end of social media users after a picture of her dining out with family went viral.

31 May 2016

With 18.35 mn people enslaved, India tops global slavery index

India has the dubious distinction of having the highest number of people in the world trapped in modern slavery with 18.35 million victims of forced labour, ranging from prostitution and begging, according to a new report.

03 Dec 2015

DNA: Today in History, December 02, 2015

19 Nov 2014

Ebay founder Omidyar commits $50 mn to combating global slavery

Ebay founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife are to donate $50 million to tackling slavery worldwide, the chief executive of their US-based foundation Humanity United said on Wednesday.

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