Friday Stories of Hope: CNN Freedom Project
CNN launched it’s CNN Freedom Project this week, and has committed to spending one year fighting to end modern day slavery.
Tuesday, March 8th, CNN focused on modern day slavery in Uttar Presh, India. The story uncovers a band of enslaved workers, making bricks all day everyday to pay off debt. They were brought to a plot of land with promises of work only to become enslaved to a debt they have never seen ledgers for.
The families that work on the lands are illiterate and too afraid to leave, for fear of being beaten.
See the full article and watch the video HERE.
After reporting on Uttar Presh, India and the slavery she witnessed there, CNN’s Sarah Sider met with India’s Labor Secretary Prabhat C. Chaturvedi.
However, when she asked the official if he considered India’s bonded labor modern day slavery, he said, “Absolutely not. It is not slavery. As I said, it is a problem of poverty”
The official contributed India’s “bonded labor” to poverty, and said that India needs to focus on eradicating poverty.
See the full article and watch the video HERE.
Even so, it is exciting to see a large company such as CNN focused on the problem of modern day slavery, in order to “help unravel the complicated tangle of criminal enterprises trading in human life.”
