In February 2024, the Kathmandu Justice Hub discovered a harrowing tale upon investigating Sara’s* Facebook post seeking assistance in obtaining a birth certificate for her baby. Sara’s childhood had been marked by domestic abuse at the hands of her father, a habitual
In the heart of Delhi, a shocking truth was uncovered: 245 children and 772 adolescents were trapped in bonded labor, forced to work in extreme conditions for 12-13 hours a day without being paid their legal wages. A Justice Hub partner investigated
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
