Tuesday, July 3, 2007

'Slave' labourers freed in Brazil

More than 1,000 labourers have been freed in Brazil by the government's anti-slavery team.They were said to be working in inhumane conditions on a sugar cane plantation in the Amazon. An ethanol-producing company which owns the plantation has denied allegations of abusing the workers. Human rights and labour organisations believe that between 25,000 to 40,000 people could be working in conditions akin to slavery in Brazil.
Ethanol industry

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