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Slavery

11th July 2014

India’s economy is the 10th largest in the world, but millions of the country’s workers are thought to be held in conditions little better than slavery. One story – which some may find disturbing – illustrates the extreme violence that some are subjected to. They tried to escape and were punished with an axe.

Punished by axe: Bonded labour in India’s brick kilns

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