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Top court bans child workers in circuses in India – Kansas City Star

Posted April 18, 2011

In acrobats and performers, Child Labor News

Top court bans child workers in circuses in India
Philippine Star
India’s Child Labor Act bans employment of children younger than 14 but allowed circuses to employ them until six months ago. Childs’ rights activists say the number of children working in circuses in India could be in the thousands.
India court orders circuses to stop employing kidsThe Associated Press
India bars children from circus workHerald Sun

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