In a joint rescue operation by Delhi Police and Bachpan Bachao Andolan, 57 trafficked child labourers got a new leash of life and freedom on Tuesday, May 9, said Kailash Satyarthi, children's rights and education advocate and an activist against child labour.
Kailash Satyarthi's Nobel Prize replica, valuables stolen from home
Satyarthi, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, has always vied hard for the rights of children. He has led numerous rescue operations which involved the rescue of over 83,000 children from 144 countries.
It all began in 1980, when Satyarthi helped rescue 2,500 workers from a stone quarry in Haryana's Faridabad district. In another iconic rescue, Satyarthi went on a hunger strike in 2004 when his attempt to rescue 12 girls from a circus troupe in northern India failed after the circus owner was tipped off about the rescue operation. Satyarthi's hunger strike was soon picked up by media which further urged police to take action. Police rescued not 12 but 24 girls.
Despite being thrashed, threatened and even witnessing the assassination of his fellow campaigners, the 63-year-old activist still upholds the freedom of life and the need for education of children.
