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Iqbal Masih (Punjabi: اقبال مسیح; 1 January 1983 – 16 April 1995) was a Pakistani Christian child labourer and activist who campaigned against abusive child labour in Pakistan. He was assassinated on 16 April 1995.
Apr 20, 2011 · Iqbal Masih is our hero because he took courageous action on behalf of child slaves and bonded laborers in Pakistan and around the world. Despite his short life, his passionate and powerful message encouraged thousands to seek freedom and inspired many more around the world to join in his efforts.
Iqbal Masih was a Pakistani boy who suffered as a child labourer and later became a symbol of child labour. Let's take a look at his childhood, life as a child labourer, death and legacy.
This short graphic novel tells the story of Iqbal Masih, a boy in Pakistan who was forced into slavery, got free and fought the slavers, and was murdered.
Jul 7, 2012 · It’s a fictionalized tale based on a young Child Labor hero named Iqbal Masih. The book, as mentioned earlier is set in Pakistan wherein poor families are forced to give their children to merchants to work off their debts.
Aug 23, 2021 · I studied the face of Iqbal, a boy whose voice for change was now silenced. That Pakistani boy ignited my passion to draw back the curtain and expose the cruel world of child labor. So began my education.
Seven thousand miles from Pakistan, however, another 12 year-old boy committed Iqbal’s story to memory, an act that marked the birth of a youth-driven movement against child labor that would span 20 countries.
