Debt bondage: SHC orders release of 57 bonded labourers
They were being held in debt bondage by a landlord in Umerkot district.
HYDERABAD:
The Hyderabad bench of the Sindh High Court freed 57 peasants on Friday.
They were being held in debt bondage by a landlord in Umerkot district.
The released prisoners, including 19 men, 16 women and 22 children, worked on the agricultural lands of Ramzan Rajar, in Vikadee village.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 11th, 2012.
The Hyderabad bench of the Sindh High Court freed 57 peasants on Friday.
They were being held in debt bondage by a landlord in Umerkot district.
The released prisoners, including 19 men, 16 women and 22 children, worked on the agricultural lands of Ramzan Rajar, in Vikadee village.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 11th, 2012.