India, Oct. 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suomotu cognizance of a media report regarding a 12-member family from Uttar Pradesh, who were allegedly kept as bonded labourers for nearly a year at a construction facility in Bachupally, Medchal-Malkajgiri district, Hyderabad, Telangana. When rescued, they were reportedly found being paid meagre wages and made to work seven days a week, facing physical and verbal abuse while living in hazardous and unsanitary conditions.
The Commission has observed that the contents of the news report, if true, raise a serious issue of violation of the human rights of the labourers. Therefore, it has issued notices to the Telangan...