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Slavery: A 21st Century Evil


Hundreds of years after it was legally abolished, why does slavery persist? From impoverished and often illiterate Thai farmers to women forced into prostitution; from men tricked into servitude in Brazil’s brutal charcoal industry to entire families trapped as bonded labourers in Pakistan’s feudal brick kilns – Al Jazeera investigates the flourishing modern slave trade, asking why millions of people are are enslaved today.
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From: Slavery: A 21st Century Evil
Bond­ed Slaves


It is a form of slav­ery that is passed down from one gen­er­a­tion to the next, en­slav­ing mil­lions.
Video Duration 25 minutes 00 seconds25:00
Published On 27 Jul 201627 Jul 2016



From: Slavery: A 21st Century Evil
Food Chain Slaves


It is a na­tion built on the abo­li­tion of slav­ery, but there are at least 40,000 slaves in the US to­day.
Video Duration 25 minutes 00 seconds25:00
Published On 13 Jul 201613 Jul 2016



From: Slavery: A 21st Century Evil
Child slaves


There are at least 8.4 mil­lion child slaves in the world to­day, many of them held as forced labour.
Video Duration 25 minutes 00 seconds25:00
Published On 12 Jun 201312 Jun 2013



From: Slavery: A 21st Century Evil
Char­coal slaves


Pover­ty-strick­en men from the north of Brazil are of­ten lured to re­mote camps where they are used as slave labour.
Video Duration 25 minutes 00 seconds25:00
Published On 25 Mar 201225 Mar 2012

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Sex slaves


There are an es­ti­mat­ed 1.4 mil­lion sex slaves in the world to­day and in­ter­na­tion­al traf­fick­ing is on the rise.
Video Duration 25 minutes 00 seconds25:00
Published On 25 Mar 201225 Mar 2012



Prison slaves


Chi­na is the world’s fac­to­ry, but does a dark se­cret lurk be­hind this ap­par­ent suc­cess sto­ry?
Video Duration 25 minutes 03 seconds25:03
Published On 25 Mar 201225 Mar 2012



The Al Jazeera slav­ery de­bate


Watch our pan­el of ex­perts dis­cuss mod­ern-day slav­ery in a tele­vised de­bate mod­er­at­ed by Rageh Omaar.
Video Duration 47 minutes 36 seconds47:36
Published On 25 Nov 201125 Nov 2011



Bridal slaves


In­dia has the world’s largest num­ber of slaves, among them an in­creas­ing num­ber of women and girls sold into mar­riage.
Video Duration 24 minutes 04 seconds24:04
Published On 15 Nov 201115 Nov 2011

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Trapped by fear: The jour­ney into sex slav­ery


Some jour­neys start with ‘boyfriends’, oth­ers with or­gan­ised gangs – most end up on the streets of West­ern cities.

Published On 11 Oct 201111 Oct 2011



In­ves­ti­gat­ing a very mod­ern evil


In this eight-part se­ries, Rageh Omaar un­cov­ers the truth about the flour­ish­ing mod­ern slave trade.

Published On 10 Oct 201110 Oct 2011



Slav­ery: Stand­ing on the edge of ex­tinc­tion?


For the cost of a bridge or a light-rail­way sys­tem, 27 mil­lion peo­ple could be tak­en out of slav­ery once and for all.

Published On 10 Oct 201110 Oct 2011



Your pur­chase is your ad­vo­ca­cy


‘I do not want to con­sume their suf­fer­ing with my morn­ing cup of cof­fee.’

Published On 10 Oct 201110 Oct 2011

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Shin­ing a light on slav­ery


This new se­ries gives a voice to mod­ern-day slaves, goes in search of the slave mas­ters and asks why slav­ery per­sists.

Published On 10 Oct 201110 Oct 2011



Slav­ery: Alive and well in the 21st cen­tu­ry


Far from end­ing with the abo­li­tion of slav­ery, the trade in hu­man be­ings is thriv­ing more than ever be­fore.

Published On 10 Oct 201110 Oct 2011