On 31st January, Laxmi Bhimsingh Tamang, a brothel-keeper involved in the trafficking and forced prostitution of Seema* and another...

Malan Channappa Pujari was arrested on February 15th in an operation to rescue Bindu*, a minor girl, from a brothel in Sangli,...

Rumi was studying in a school in Bangladesh when she was trafficked to India by one of her relatives. She thought she was going for a...

Kari* was 16 when she was rescued by Freedom Firm investigators and police in Nagpur in November 2016. After her rescue, she was placed...

Three absconding accused listed in the Public Interest Litigation filed in the Bombay High Court were arrested since the PIL was filed, 2...

Bindoo Khalkor, a brothel keeper and the main accused in Prena’s* and Ruma’s* case, filed an application for bail on 19th August. In...

Ruma* testified bravely against her brothel keeper Bindoo Khalkor in the month of July. In September when another court hearing came up,...

If you have ever been the victim of a crime, you understand the importance of getting justice. Or, if you have ever been caught violating...

Freedom Firm received a call from the Nagpur police on Thursday last week with information about Prena* a 14-year-old girl in...

Ruma was rescued in Nagpur in 2014. She bravely testified in court last week with her relatives and several brothel keepers present.

“Government systems are not equipped to cope with large numbers of women and girls who come out of prostitution,” Greg Malstead, National...

On April 2nd, three girls were rescued and a brothel keeper was brought to the police station in a raid conducted with the Ratlam...

In a raid on a brothel in Meergunj Allahabad Saturday, March 19th, police from the Kotwali Police Station together with Freedom Firm...

Varsha’s* transfer order was passed two months ago but she wasn’t transferred to another shelter home due to police unavailability. This...

In 2015, Freedom Firm filed a Public Interest Litigation in the Allahabad High Court which is focused around the issue of protecting...

Kaveri*, rescued in January in Salem, was released back to her parents who we suspect were involved in her trafficking. In a positive...

We just lost another case in Nagpur. It is our second trial to come to a verdict. In both cases, the girls testified. In both, they...

In Pune, it only took 2 convictions with 5+ year sentences to start seeing a change. First, the brothels started using tokens, then they...

Brothel owners roaming around scot free, while sex workers languish in rehabilitation homes; Freedom Firm NGO has filed a public interest...

The local police in Nagpur alerted our staff that an application was filed in the district court to gain custody of the three girls that...