Chinese workers stack bricks inside a ki...

Yueyang, CHINA: Chinese workers stack bricks inside a kiln at a brickyard factory near the town of Yueyang in Hunan Province, 14 July 2007. Five brickyard bosses accused of murder and forced labour were put on trial earlier this month, and more than 150 suspects have been arrested over brick factories that were allegedly subjecting workers to inhumane conditions. The scandal erupted after about 400 distraught parents posted a plea on the Internet to help save their children, who they said had been sold into slavery in Shanxi and Henan provinces and officials have said up to 1,000 youths had been forced to work at the kilns, while 576 enslaved workers including 41 children have been rescued. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP via Getty Images)