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Report: 35.8 million people enslaved – Europe – Al Jazeera English

Report: 35.8 million people enslaved – Europe – Al Jazeera English.

Some 35.8 million people are currently trapped in modern-day slavery, forced to pick cotton, grow cannabis and prostitute themselves among other things, a new report says.

The 2014 Global Slavery Index (GSI), in its second annual report, said new methods showed some 20 percent more people were enslaved across the world than originally thought.

“There is an assumption that slavery is an issue from a bygone era. Or that it only exists in countries ravaged by war and poverty,” said Andrew Forrest, chairman of the Australian-based Walk Free Foundation which produced the report.

The foundation’s definition of modern slavery includes slavery-like practices such as debt bondage, forced marriage and the sale or exploitation of children, as well as human trafficking and forced labour.

The report, which covers 167 countries, said modern slavery contributed to the production of at least 122 goods from 58 countries.

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) estimates profits from this forced labour are $150 billion (120 billion euros) a year.

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Slavery Is Now Being Put into Practice by the Ukrainian Government Washington’s Blog

Slavery Is Now Being Put into Practice by the Ukrainian Government Washington’s Blog.

On September 26th, I headlined “Ukraine Government Officially Introduces Slavery, with Vague Terms,” and I wondered when and where the reports of the consequences of this new law (by a newly installed U.S.-ally government, no less) would be published. An answer to that question is finally starting to appear.

On October 30th was published at

http://fortruss.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-right-sector-reign-of-terror-over.html

“The Right Sector Reign of Terror over Ukrainian Villages.”

The motto of this site, Fort Russ, is, “Read What Russians Read.”

My original news-report, the one about the new law, was based on a press release from the Ukrainian Ministry of Social Policy (about which that Russian article regarding what are actually the consequences of this new law says nothing, not even mentioning the law).

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