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SOS Esclaves president Boubacar Messaoud |
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Mauritanian president
moves against slavery
Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, Mauritania's first democratically
elected president, pledged he would toughen the country's anti-slavery
legislation and take action to help former slaves...
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Anti-Slavery Award
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© Georgina Cranston/Anti-Slavery International
James Aguer, 2006 Anti-Slavery Award winner |
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James Aguer, Chair of the Dinka Committee in Sudan, was presented
with the 2006 Anti-Slavery Award at a ceremony at London's Chatham
House in November.
During the 20-year civil war between the Government and the Sudan
People's Liberation Movement/Army an estimated 14,000 men, women
and children were abducted and forced into slavery by government-backed
militia...
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© Maggie Black/Anti-Slavery International
As daughters of Jogini, Bharati and Jyothi are vulnerable
to being made Jogini as well |
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Anti-Slavery International's Advocacy Officer, Bhavna Sharma, recently
visited Andhra Pradesh in India to investigate the practice of Jogini
and to meet the women affected by this traditional form of slavery...
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