Textile industry's 'dirty secret'

(Thomson Reuters) — Tamil Nadu state must compensate the parents of a girl who was electrocuted to death in a textile mill where they worked as bonded laborers, India’s human rights panel has ordered. The order highlights the plight of millions of people working as virtual slaves to repay debts throughout India, campaigners said.

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