Jyothi's testimony On September 15th, 2021 at a Special Court in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, Program Associate Jyothi Gaur testified...

On August 21st, Freedom Firm staff and police rescued a minor girl. Police arrested the brothel manager, a "habitual offender".

Freedom Firm social worker Archana first read about 13-year old Kashi’s rescue in a local newspaper in January 2020. After a few calls,...

Today, we celebrate a victory in the fight to free children from sexual slavery. On March 16th, 2021 Freedom Firm won its 11th conviction!

Justice is a series of actions, incremental victories, a steady trickle of truth telling that brings revolution in the courts.

This January, we join with many organizations to bring education about human trafficking. We are encouraged as we see the movement growing!

2 minors were rescued from a brothel in Maharashtra on November 20th. Their trafficker, Padma, is in jail awaiting her trial.

On 28th November 2018, Kirti* was rescued from Prem Nagar, Maharashtra, and placed in a shelter home in Nagpur. Three months later,...

When the Freedom Firm team and the police raided a brothel and rescued four women in Chandrapur, Maharashtra on the 25th of July, the...

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...

“In the court, they laughed at us, argued we should have no basis to speak, and even threatened our team.” Evan Henck, Regional Director,...

The Public Interest Litigation filed by Freedom Firm to address the problem of traffickers absconding before their case comes to trial....

Since January 2015, Freedom Firm has rescued 6 girls in Uttar Pradesh, at least 4 of whom were minor. Sadly in April, all 6 girls were...

In May 2012, our team of investigators found five girls who were forced into prostitution in a hotel on the outskirts of Nashik,...

We refer to her as ‘small Preeti*’ when we talk about her or her case. It helps to distinguish her from the other Preeti rescued in...

In 2009, Freedom Firm alongside NGO Justice and Care rescued Lalitha* from a brothel in Pune. Afraid, but sensing freedom was closer than...

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” −Martin Luther King After Kalya* was rescued from the brothels in 2009, she was...

Laina* was trafficked from Nepal and was rescued on the 1st of Oct 2009 in Pune. Since her rescue, she had been a resident at a...

Roshni* is the first girl to come to Pune from Bangladesh to testify in the case against her brothel keeper and trafficker. The process...

Sajili* came to Pune in February to testify against the accused Reshma. Sajili was accompanied to Pune by her brother Shorab, who happens...

The case against Puja and Yellama was a difficult one. For one, it had been a struggle to get Lali to testify because she had to travel a...

In May 2010, Lali* testified in Thane against two brothel keepers, Puja and Yellama. It had been a struggle to get Lali* to testify...