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Freedom Charity: the group involved in rescue of London 'slave women'

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Organisation contacted by  three women rescued from alleged domestic slavery  primarily focused on forced marriages • Three women rescued from 'decades of slavery' – live updates Share 77 1 in Share 0 Email Peter Walker theguardian.com ,  Thursday 21 November 2013 16.54 GMT Aneeta Prem founded Freedom Charity for people to report forced marriages and connected violence. The  Freedom Charity , the organisation contacted by  three women rescued from alleged domestic slavery in south London  and which worked with police to secure their release, is primarily focused on forced marriages, particularly involving children and young people. The group also campaigns on so-called "honour" crimes, in which people are targeted by their family – often their own parents – for going against cultural norms, particularly in relationships, something most prevalent in communities of south Asian origin. The charity calls such offences "dishon...