Half of the world's slaves are Indians.

[Areesh]

India has the largest number of people in the world who are living in conditions of slavery caused by poverty, handed-down social customs and weak enforcement of anti-slavery laws, according to a new first-ever global slavery index.

The study, published Thursday by the Australia-based rights group Walk Free Foundation, found 14 million Indians living in slavery-like conditions, and almost 30 million people globally. The west African nation of Mauritania ranked highest in the index in terms of percentage of population living in slavery-like conditions (with about 150,000 out of a population of 3.8 million). But in absolute numbers, India ranks the highest.

“Today some people are still being born into hereditary slavery, a staggering but harsh reality, particularly in parts of West Africa and South Asia,” the report says. “Other victims are captured or kidnapped before being sold or kept for exploitation, whether through ‘marriage’, unpaid labor on fishing boats, or as domestic workers.”

The index ranked 162 countries based on human trafficking, forced labor, slavery or slavery-like practices including debt bondage, forced or servile marriage, sale or exploitation of children including in armed conflict.

The index says India, China, Pakistan, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Russia, Thailand, Democratic Republic of Congo, Myanmar and Bangladesh together constitute 76 percent of the total estimate of 29.8 million people in modern slavery. That estimate is higher than the International Labor Organization’s estimate of 21 million victims of forced labor.

The report points out the failure of the Indian government to make use of its “power and resources” to eradicate slavery.

“Until recently, the response to human trafficking focused almost exclusively on the sexual exploitation of women and children, and other forms of human trafficking including those affecting men were barely recognized,” the report says. “National leaders tend not to recognize the violent criminality of bonded labor and instead see it as a vestige of poverty.”

The report says that bonded labor “continues to be prevalent” in India although it was abolished in India three decades back under the Bonded Labor System (Abolition) Act 1976. This year amendments were made to the Penal Code, which now criminalizes most forms of human trafficking and forced labor.

Report: Almost 14 Million Indians Live Like Slaves | TIME.com

 

[kaykay]

Shame on us for this.

 

[sree45]

Report: Almost 14 Million Indians Live Like Slaves | TIME.com

Already posted.
For the record, The same report says that Pakistan has higher per capita slaves than India.

 

[Areesh]

Already posted.
For the record, The same report says that Pakistan has higher per capita slaves than India.

OK. You would be feeling comfortable now.

 

[Ammyy]

Already posted.
For the record, The same report says that Pakistan has higher per capita slaves than India.

They dnt know mathematics.... if they found any thing against India this is more then enough

 

[IndoCarib]

They dnt know mathematics.... if they found any thing against India this is more then enough

not reading the article fully before posting. titles can be deceptive

 

[Assault Rifle]

@Areesh

According to estimates by the WFF report, over 1.2 per cent of the Pakistani population is enforced into in some form of slavery.

In India, this percentage rests somewhere around 1.13 per cent

The index also ranks countries on a slavery prevalence rating based on factors including ratio to country population.

Pakistan and India follow the list, ranked third and fourth respectively on prevalence of slavery.

So taking into account populations of both India and Pakistan, Pakistan has more prevalence of slavery compared to India.

 

[Imran Khan]

we are slaves of our own ego

 

[Peshwa]

This is absolutely disgusting...

Whats the point of getting freedom when you go from being slaves of the British to being slaves to our own people??!!

Slavery has been abolished in India and we need to ensure that we take strict measures to uphold the law.

 

[Bhai Zakir]

This is what level PDF have came down to.

My thread was deleted because it was talking about china but this thread is allowed because its by a pakistani and to target India.

Extreme Poverty Drives Chinese Man to Saw Off His Own Limb - PolicyMic

Too poor to pay, Chinese farmer saws off diseased leg

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/10/17/world/global-slavery-index/

http://www.gbcghana.com/index.php?id=1.1571622

 

[PlanetWarrior]

This is no laughing topic. It involves the lives of millions of people internationally. Human trafficking, child labor, child prostitution, forced marriages...the list is endless. May God give mankind the intellect to understand the consequences of his self destructive behavior someday

 

[American_Millenium]

Report: Almost 14 Million Indians Live Like Slaves
By Nilanjana Bhowmick

India has the largest number of people in the world who are living in conditions of slavery caused by poverty, handed-down social customs and weak enforcement of anti-slavery laws, according to a new first-ever global slavery index.

The study, published Thursday by the Australia-based rights group Walk Free Foundation, found 14 million Indians living in slavery-like conditions, and almost 30 million people globally. The west African nation of Mauritania ranked highest in the index in terms of percentage of population living in slavery-like conditions (with about 150,000 out of a population of 3.8 million). But in absolute numbers, India ranks the highest.

“Today some people are still being born into hereditary slavery, a staggering but harsh reality, particularly in parts of West Africa and South Asia,” the report says. “Other victims are captured or kidnapped before being sold or kept for exploitation, whether through ‘marriage’, unpaid labor on fishing boats, or as domestic workers.”

The index ranked 162 countries based on human trafficking, forced labor, slavery or slavery-like practices including debt bondage, forced or servile marriage, sale or exploitation of children including in armed conflict.

The index says India, China, Pakistan, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Russia, Thailand, Democratic Republic of Congo, Myanmar and Bangladesh together constitute 76 percent of the total estimate of 29.8 million people in modern slavery. That estimate is higher than the International Labor Organization’s estimate of 21 million victims of forced labor.

The report points out the failure of the Indian government to make use of its “power and resources” to eradicate slavery.

“Until recently, the response to human trafficking focused almost exclusively on the sexual exploitation of women and children, and other forms of human trafficking including those affecting men were barely recognized,” the report says. “National leaders tend not to recognize the violent criminality of bonded labor and instead see it as a vestige of poverty.”

The report says that bonded labor “continues to be prevalent” in India although it was abolished in India three decades back under the Bonded Labor System (Abolition) Act 1976. This year amendments were made to the Penal Code, which now criminalizes most forms of human trafficking and forced labor.

Report: Almost 14 Million Indians Live Like Slaves | TIME.com

 

[AMCA]

Already posted.. A live thread running already..

 

[American_Millenium]

Modern slavery widespread in India - Hindustan Times

http://news.**********/thirty-million-people-slaves-half-india-survey-231710875.html

Thirty million people are slaves, half in India: Survey

http://www.euronews.com/2013/10/17/india-china-and-pakistan-lead-global-slavery-index-/

 

[AMCA]

Half of the worlds slaves are Indians? How the Fck did you come out with that TOPIC.. The conditions are Slave like and not Slaves.. There is an absolute difference. MODS please close down this thread..