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Passion & compassion | 7-minute read
Victims of human trafficking don’t make headline news. That's despite the huge numbers of them and their unbelievable trauma. Why is there such deafening silence from our voluble politicos on this?
Both a survivor and an activist discuss why the existing anti-human trafficking laws, the ITPA and IPC regulations, are not victim-centric, and lead to further atrocities against survivors.
The Bill, to be taken up by the Rajya Sabha in the winter session, has been criticised by some activists and sex workers’ unions who argue sex work is sometimes a matter of choice.
The country is no paradise for women but calling it the worst amounts to deliberate spreading of misinformation.
He was charged with taking hefty passage money for illegally migrating people abroad.
[Book extract] He was too confident, too well-rehearsed. I’m sure he ruined the lives of many other girls after me.
Cyber crimes too register a sharp increase — up 6.3 per cent over 2015.
India Today cover story investigates the horrific trafficking of minor girls in India, and how to end the menace.
The government has maintained that this law must focus on human trafficking, including sex trafficking, but is not a law on prostitution or sex work.
The long journey across the Sasabe desert, infamous for human trafficking, was not for the faint-hearted.