Rescue from slavery. Help to stay free.
Redeem the Oppressed rescues persecuted religious minorities from slavery and supports them with housing, food, medical care, education, jobs, counseling, legal aid, and safe homes so freedom can last.
Our mission
Why we exist
Across rural Pakistan and beyond, persecuted religious minorities are trapped in brick-kiln slavery — held by debts they can never repay, vulnerable to forced conversion, abduction, and the abuse of blasphemy laws. Redeem the Oppressed exists to break that cycle: to free families legally and safely, then to walk with them long enough that freedom lasts.
We are a program of the 501(c)(3) Rescue the Persecuted Inc. (EIN 88-3069203). We operate with volunteers and no paid staff, keep our books open on Candid/GuideStar at the Platinum level, and date every number we publish.
How rescue works
Freedom is a sequence, not a moment.
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Identify & verify
Field partners confirm each family’s situation — the debt, the kiln, the people — before any funds move.
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Redeem & free
We clear the bonded debt or secure release through the courts. In extreme abuse cases, we act with urgency.
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Stabilize
Housing, food, and medical care for the first months — so freedom doesn’t collapse back into bondage.
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Rebuild & advocate
Jobs, schooling for the children, counseling, and legal advocacy against the abuse of blasphemy and bonded-labor systems.
A continuation of older work
The rescue work began in 2009 with Farrukh Harrison Saif, focused on liberating bonded laborers in Pakistan’s brick kilns. In 2018 it merged with the US-based Emergency Committee to Save the Persecuted and Enslaved. Founded in 2022, Redeem the Oppressed continues that mission — with the added goal of extending programs to Afghanistan, Israel, and Africa.