Posts From King World News

After slavery, trafficked fishermen face lonely road to recovery

By Astrid Zweynert PHNOM PENH (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When hundreds of fishermen were rescued from a life of slavery on Thai fishing boats off the coast of Indonesia earlier this year, the world took notice. Trafficked and sold to work on the boats, the men – mostly from Myanmar and Cambodia – had endured beatings, abuse and torture. “Everyone is shocked when they hear about the conditions on these