Death of child slave Iqbal Masih

Ashraf Hero, heroin addict and murdereer of Iqbal Ashraf, in custody at a police station. Police show the weapon the assassin used. Iqbal Masih was a young Pakistani Christian boy who was forced into bonded labour in a carpet factory at the age of four, became an international figurehead for the Bonded Labour Liberation Front (BLLF) at the age of 10 after he escaped from servitude, and was murdered with a 12 gauge shotgun at the age of 12. Iqbal helped over 3,000 Pakistani children that were in bonded labour escape to freedom, and made speeches about child labour around the world. (Photo by John van Hasselt/Sygma via Getty Images)
Ashraf Hero, heroin addict and murdereer of Iqbal Ashraf, in custody at a police station. Police show the weapon the assassin used. Iqbal Masih was a young Pakistani Christian boy who was forced into bonded labour in a carpet factory at the age of four, became an international figurehead for the Bonded Labour Liberation Front (BLLF) at the age of 10 after he escaped from servitude, and was murdered with a 12 gauge shotgun at the age of 12. Iqbal helped over 3,000 Pakistani children that were in bonded labour escape to freedom, and made speeches about child labour around the world. (Photo by John van Hasselt/Sygma via Getty Images)
Death of child slave Iqbal Masih
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