slave trade
ESSAY / Charles Dickens, colonialism, and the slave trade
Time has not forgiven him for his racist and imperialist views
One year a slave
A 15-year-old who boarded a boat in 2014 at Teknaf in Cox's Bazar believing he would earn a fortune in Malaysia, returned home on
Some recruiting agencies linked with slave trade: NHRC
National Human Rights Commission Chairman Mizanur Rahman says a section of private manpower recruiting agencies are practicing “modern slavery trade”.
How many more mass graves need to be unearthed?
FOR the last few days, a series of news on modern-day slave trade and human trafficking in the 'Dark Triangle' of Bangladesh, Thailand and Malaysia have been making headlines in national and international media with the discovery of mass graves in the forests of Shangkhla, Satung and Sadao districts of Thailand.
32 more Bangladeshis rescued in Thailand
Thirty-two more Bangladeshi migrants have been found on Khao Kaew mountain in adjacent areas of Hat Yai and Rattaphum districts of Songkhla in Thailand.
They starved us and threw the dead overboard, says victim
Death, hunger and torture were all part of Bangladeshi national Mohammad Rashid’s arduous sea journey from Teknaf to Malaysia.
Part v: Why are they so desperate? / As legally restricted, desperate jobseekers take dangerous sea route to Malaysia from Bangladesh
As legal channels for labour migration from Bangladesh have shrunk due to malpractices in the arrangements by both private agencies and the government, desperate jobseekers take dangerous sea route to Malaysia.
Traffickers call departure points in Teknaf of Bangladesh ‘Malaysia airports’
Teknaf upazila is the south-eastern tip of Bangladesh, a perfect place for boats to set sail in secrecy.
Part II: Abduction & Trafficking / Traffickers kidnap Bangladeshis and send to Malaysia as slave labour
Emran Hossain and Mohammad Ali Zinnat did an extensive investigation into human trafficking from Bangladesh to Malaysia. For over three months, they carried out a thorough research, interviewed trafficking victims, brokers and rights groups, and travelled to the southeastern coastal areas before reporting on the clandestine crime that brings to mind the horror of slave trade of the past.
Charles Dickens, colonialism, and the slave trade
Time has not forgiven him for his racist and imperialist views
One year a slave
A 15-year-old who boarded a boat in 2014 at Teknaf in Cox's Bazar believing he would earn a fortune in Malaysia, returned home on
Some recruiting agencies linked with slave trade: NHRC
National Human Rights Commission Chairman Mizanur Rahman says a section of private manpower recruiting agencies are practicing “modern slavery trade”.
How many more mass graves need to be unearthed?
FOR the last few days, a series of news on modern-day slave trade and human trafficking in the 'Dark Triangle' of Bangladesh, Thailand and Malaysia have been making headlines in national and international media with the discovery of mass graves in the forests of Shangkhla, Satung and Sadao districts of Thailand.
32 more Bangladeshis rescued in Thailand
Thirty-two more Bangladeshi migrants have been found on Khao Kaew mountain in adjacent areas of Hat Yai and Rattaphum districts of Songkhla in Thailand.
They starved us and threw the dead overboard, says victim
Death, hunger and torture were all part of Bangladeshi national Mohammad Rashid’s arduous sea journey from Teknaf to Malaysia.
As legally restricted, desperate jobseekers take dangerous sea route to Malaysia from Bangladesh
As legal channels for labour migration from Bangladesh have shrunk due to malpractices in the arrangements by both private agencies and the government, desperate jobseekers take dangerous sea route to Malaysia.
Traffickers call departure points in Teknaf of Bangladesh ‘Malaysia airports’
Teknaf upazila is the south-eastern tip of Bangladesh, a perfect place for boats to set sail in secrecy.
Traffickers kidnap Bangladeshis and send to Malaysia as slave labour
Emran Hossain and Mohammad Ali Zinnat did an extensive investigation into human trafficking from Bangladesh to Malaysia. For over three months, they carried out a thorough research, interviewed trafficking victims, brokers and rights groups, and travelled to the southeastern coastal areas before reporting on the clandestine crime that brings to mind the horror of slave trade of the past.