Tag: Bonded Labor
Rights Watch | 2 January 2023
6 lakh Dalits held in bonded labour in Sindh
Mirpurkhas: Approximately 600,000 Dalits in Sindh are suffering forced labor by landowners, according to the Scheduled...
Workers decry unplanned closure of brick kilns
November 3rd, 2020; By Hamid Riaz; LAHORE; Today, hundreds of Kiln Workers staged a protest against the government's decision to shut down brick kilns from Nov 8th. Per the worker’s while, kiln owners have been given subsidies & Tax Breaks, no such provision has been made for the workers.
Bonded laborers decry elites’ apathy
September 21st, 2020; By Asra Haque; LAHORE; On the 32nd anniversary of the Darshan Masih Case, BRIC Pakistan (a non-profit organization founded by Liaqat Javed Masih) celebrated “Freedom Day” to honor 22 of the surviving 30 laborers who laid the foundation of the Bonded Labour Act of 1992.