10/15/10

Top 10 Facts About Modern Slavery

Today I want to draw your attention to Free the Slaves.

Free the Slaves is an international NGO and lobby group, established to campaign against the modern practice of slavery around the world. It is the largest anti-slavery organization in the US. It is the sister-organization of Anti-Slavery International (the world's oldest human rights organization.

As any reader of this blog knows, I have posted on here before about slavery issues. One recent post brought my blog to the attention of Kevin Bales, the founder of Free the Slaves. I checked out his website and wanted to point out 2 things in particular:


You can also view an awesome interactive map of where modern slavery exists around the world:

Free the Slaves - Interactive Map

Check it out and if you come back on Monday you can read an interview with Kevin Bales.

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