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Iqbal Masih: Enslaved, Empowered, Assassinated | #412

RedHanded

Wondery | RedHanded

True Crime

4.518.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Sold into slavery at just four years old, Iqbal Masih’s future was not bright. He was set to be one of the millions of children and adults across Asia trapped in bonded labour. 

But Iqbal was no ordinary child: he would escape slavery, campaign tirelessly to free fellow children, be recognised on the global stage – and then tragically be assassinated by the “Carpet Mafia” – all before his thirteenth birthday. Here is his unthinkable story.

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