The price of tea: Exploitation in India’s tea industry

Could your cup of tea be fueling slavery? Do you really know what went into making it?

Find out the answers to these questions and discover more about modern-day slavery during our live Twitter chat on Saturday 30 January.

@CNNFreedom will be asking experts about conditions on tea plantations in India, and why human traffickers are targeting tea plantation workers.

Our expert panelists are:

Siddharth Kara (@siddharthkara)

Director of the Program on Human Trafficking at the Harvard Kennedy School; author of “Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery,” researcher and activist against modern slavery.

Sarah Besky (@SarahBesky)

Assistant professor of anthropology and international and public affairs at Brown University. Author of “The Darjeeling Distinction: Labor and Justice on Fair-Trade Tea Plantations in India.”

Muhammad Lila (@MuhammadLila)

Foreign correspondent and travel writer who has produced a series of videos for the CNN Freedom Project investigating tea plantations in India’s Assam region.

You can ask Siddharth, Sarah and Muhammad any questions you have about trafficking and labor conditions in the tea industry during our live chat at 11:00 ET/16:00 GMT on January 30 using the hashtag #cnnfreedom.

Join the conversation on January 30 and in the run up to the chat on Twitter @CNNFreedom.

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