Sentences with phrase «free bonded laborers»

In India, Mr. Satyarthi, a former engineer, has long been associated with the struggle to free bonded laborers, some born into their condition and others lured into servitude.

Mr. Satyarthi began working for children's rights in 1980 as the general secretary of the Bonded Labor Liberation Front, an organization dedicated to freeing bonded laborers forced to work to pay off debts, real or imagined.

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BBA says that since its founding in 1980, more than 76,000 child and / or bonded laborers have been freed.