Over the years Prayer Alert readers have prayed for justice for the poor slave-labourers in India. Last week, an Indian court made great strides in protecting the poor by convicting two brick kiln owners and two supervisors who had forced families - including children as young as 5 - to work as bonded labourers. The four were arrested in two separate cases. These men lured poor families with promises of good jobs and fair pay. But the labourers and their children were trapped with violence and forced to work as slaves in order to pay off an ever-growing false debt. ‘Large advances are no reason to hold someone against their will,’ said the legal director with International Justice Mission in Bangalore. Courts saw the clear exploitation that had taken place and found the kiln owners and supervisors guilty under multiple sections of India’s Bonded Labour System and sentenced to two years imprisonment and ordered to pay a fine.