Combatting Slavery In Brazil by Centro de Direitos Humanos
(for fast broadband Internet connections) Enslaved workers must escape from the slave-like conditions in which they work, despite death-threats and actual killings thugs hired by farm owners.
In this clip, hear what human rights groups do to help enslaved workers.
The region around Araguaína in Northeast Brazil has the highest incidence of slave labor in Brazil. The Center for Human Rights along with the Pastoral Land Commission (CPT) are leading forces in rescuing enslaved workers, taking legal depositions for use in prosecutions of slave holders, protection of escaped enslaved workers, and education and consciousness-raising among all workers.
Catholic Relief Services is a partial funding source of the Center for Human Rights, Dom Helder Camera Office,(Dom Centro de Direitos Humanos, Casa da Cidadania D. Helder Camara. Movimento Nacional de Direitos Humanos) in Araguaína, Tocantins, Brazil.
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