Armenia ranks 119th in Global Slavery Index 2016May 31, 2016 - 13:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia ranks the 119th in the Walk Free Foundation's Global Slavery Index 2016, with some 14,100 people – about 0,47% of the population – trapped in modern slavery in 2015, the study showed Tuesday, May 31. The country ranked the 57th in the Global Slavery Index 2013, with the number of people trapped in slavery standing at around 10,500. Modern slavery refers to situations of exploitation that a person cannot leave because of threats, violence, coercion, abuse of power or deception. They may be held in debt bondage on fishing boats, against their will as domestic servants or trapped in brothels. The report compiled information from 167 countries with 42,000 interviews in 53 languages to determine the prevalence of the issue and government responses. It suggests that over 45 million men, women and children are trapped in slavery worldwide –28% more slaves than estimated two years ago. In the report, Azerbaijan ranks the 80th with 45,000 people (0,47% of the population) trapped in slavery, Georgia with a 20,900 figure (0,47% of the population) follows in the 105th spot, while Iran and Turkey come in 13th and 14th with 495,300 (0,63%) and 480,300 (0.63%) trapped in slavery, respectively. With 1,048,500 people, Russia takes the 7th spot in the report. According to the study, India had the highest number of people trapped in slavery at 18.35 million. In terms of absolute numbers, Asian countries occupy the top five for people trapped in slavery. Behind India was China (3.39 million), Pakistan (2.13 million), Bangladesh (1.53 million) and Uzbekistan (1.23 million). Photo. AFP/Peter Parks Related links: Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |