Latest caste & slavery links

• Report: Dalit men, women and children enslaved in India’s brick making industry (IDSN news)
• Rare slavery verdicts spark hope for ending caste-based slavery in Mauritania
• Caste-based slavery pg. 15 article in UN Slavery Fund publication
• Joint statement – Pakistan must act immediately to protect Dalits against forced disappearances, slavery and discrimination
• Rights defenders: 27 manual scavengers die in one month – Government must act now (IDSN News)
• To End Sexual Slavery of India’s Devadasi, Economic — Women & Girls
• Report: Widespread child slavery in India’s yarn industry, most victims are Dalits (IDSN News, 2016)
• The challenge to Britain’s anti-slavery ambitions: India
• Debt bondage remains the most prevalent form of forced labour worldwide (UN News 2016)
• Caste at the Human Rights Council’s 33 session (IDSN News, 2016)
• SR on slavery report 2016.pdf
• Double court victory in Mauritania a potential game changer (Anti-Slavery)
• Activists hope Mauritania court rulings signal “…
• Towards Dawn: Combating Contemporary Forms of Slavery in Brick Kilns (Different Truths, 2016)
• India’s female scavengers enslaved by caste, gender discrimination (Reuters, 2016)
• IDSN UN side-event calls for more action to combat caste and gender-based slavery (IDSN)
• Still Far From Freedom: The Struggle of Mauritania’s Haratine Women (May 2015) – Minority Rights
• This ends with me: A ‘safai karamchari’s’ dreams for a different life (The Indian Express)
• Twilight children – Disadvantaged caste working to meet Global market demands (Opinion – The Hindu)
• Harsh Mander on how Dalit children continue to bear the brunt of untouchability (The Hindu)