Stories

In a small town in Uttar Pradesh, 17-year-old Priyanka* lived with her father, brothers, and a stepmother who would betray her in unimaginable ways.   Priyanka’s boyfriend convinced her to take a trip to Kolkata without telling her parents. The next day, they

When Nazia* was rescued in December 2023 from a railway station in Patna, she was suffering from mental instability due to the brutalities she had faced when held captive as a sex trafficking victim. She was placed in a center for trauma

In 2003, 5-year-old Sunaina* and 3-year-old Shailja* were separated from their mother at the railway station. When they could not find their parents, the sisters were eventually taken in by the family of the accused, unaware of the evil that lurked in

In May, a team from the Kathmandu Justice Hub conducted an investigation in the Thamel area of Kathmandu after learning that a massage spa was allegedly engaging in illegal activities, possibly involving minors. To gather more information, the team planned an undercover

Four years after being rescued from a brothel, Shanti* is on her way to becoming a nurse.  Shanti had a difficult childhood, being raised by a single mother who worked long hours to support her daughter after Shanti’s father gambled away the

In April 2021, a family was rescued from bonded labor at a brick kiln. After the rescue, it was revealed that a few days prior, the 15-year-old daughter had been raped by the brick kiln owner’s brother-in-law. The girl’s father and some

Five boys were recently rescued from a sweets shop in Kathmandu (Nepal), where they worked over fourteen hours a day as child laborers. Back in March, the Kathmandu Justice Hub had received information from the owner of a local café about suspected

In 2021, Neela and her husband Jitendra* were among the seventy-nine individuals trafficked from their village in Bihar to a brick kiln in Rajasthan. They endured grueling conditions, working long hours without basic necessities under verbal abuse from their employers. Rescued in

The legal team of the Delhi Justice Hub worked tirelessly on behalf of Annie,* a trafficking survivor who had endured unspeakable horrors, to secure a court judgment for state-mandated victim compensation. Despite being awarded interim compensation in 2023, the actual disbursement of

Priya* and Anita,* both in their 20’s and living in Nepal, ventured to Dubai seeking foreign employment. Priya’s decision was driven by marital conflict, causing her to leave her young child behind with her husband’s family, while Anita pursued work to support