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“The Price of Free” star Kailash Satyarthi says consumers have the power to end child slavery
As the holiday season kicks off, Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi wants consumers to ask more questions. Satyarthi stars in the new documentary, "The Price of Free," in which he rescues child slaves in India who work in factories, some of which...
Satyarthi Meets Pope to Discuss International Law Against Online Child Sexual Abuse
NEW DELHI — Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi met Pope Francis at the Vatican seeking support for a new legally binding international law against online child sexual abuse, a statement said.For over a year, Satyarthi has been demanding a legally binding...
Review: In ‘The Price of Free,’ Kailash Satyarthi’s white-knuckle rescues of child laborers
If Paul Greengrass hasn’t thought about crafting a white-knuckle thriller about crusading Nobel Peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi, the opening of Derek Doneen’s documentary “The Price of Free” — a tense raid on a New Delhi factory keeping children as work...
Biggest Ever Groundswell for Clean Supply Chains
Koderma a small town in Jharkhand known for its mica reserves recently witnessed the biggest ever groundswell of people demanding clean supply chains for products that use mica as an integral component. In a first, over 25,000 people comprising village...
The Price of Free Tells the Story of Human Rights Activist Kailash Satyarthi, Whose Efforts Have Rescued 80,000 Child Factory Workers in India
Spoiler alert. There are countless disturbing moments in Derek Doneen’s new documentary, The Price of Free, but perhaps the most upsetting of them all is a bit of footage yanked off the Internet. Telling the story of Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash...
HFPA Aid Hits Close to Home for Press Organization’s Leader
Growing up in India, Meher Tatna could see the spoils of child labor first hand. There were pint-sized beggars on the road and child servants in homes; out of view, youngsters toiled in factories rather than attend school, in some cases sold into slavery...