Read latest analysis, blogs and updates on modern slavery and solutions to tackle it from Anti-Slavery International experts, partners & guests.
18 October 2015 Jakub Sobik, Press and Digital Media Officer Today, on 18 October, we are marking the Anti-Slavery Day in Britain and Anti-Trafficking Day across the European Union. Why on earth do we need a day to mark slavery in the 21st century I hear you asking? Isn’t… Keep reading »
1 October 2015 Britain should apologise for past slavery and pay reparations to reduce poverty rather than building a new prison Dr Aidan McQuade, Director Slave market in West Indies in 18th century During the Second World War thousands of Allied prisoners of war were enslaved and subject to horrendous… Keep reading »
15 September 2015 Ganga Sekhar, Volunteers for Social Justice, Punjab, India A woman moulding bricks is Pather. Her day started at 5am and isn’t likely to end before 8pm. Not a toilet in sight, she has to sneak into the fields near by without the farmers noticing to answer… Keep reading »
8 September 2015 Leah Sullivan, Programme Assistant Very few people are interested in, or even know about, human rights abuses in Uzbekistan. Mention fast fashion, sweatshops and labour rights, most people will think of countries like Bangladesh and Cambodia, from where much of our clothes is exported directly to… Keep reading »
25 August 2015 Joint letter condemns Mauritania’s imprisonment of anti-slavery activists. Anti-Slavery International co-signs letter condemning Mauritania’s imprisonment of anti-slavery activists Biram Dah Abeid, President of the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement To the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, To the United… Keep reading »
24 August 2015 Why is bonded labour rife in Indian brick kilns? Kate Willingham, International Advocacy Co-ordinator Anti-Slavery International and partners have called for action to be undertaken by the Government of India to tackle bonded labour of adults and children in the brick kiln sector and ensure full… Keep reading »
Slavery included in UN development goals: Great news for people in slavery and good victory for Anti-Slavery International By Dr Aidan McQuade, Director The pending inclusion of slavery as a target in the post 2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is a victory for a long campaign that Anti-Slavery began… Keep reading »
3 August 2015 By Dr Aidan McQuade, director Image from the US Department of State’s Flickr page. In spite of the controversies that sometimes mar the publication of the US State Department Trafficking in Persons report, one decision made this year is considerably less likely to… Keep reading »
24 July 2015 Protecting the rights of construction workers migrating to Qatar – new project by Anti-Slavery International By Sarah Mount, South Asia Programme Co-ordinator The exploitation and abuse of thousands of South Asian construction workers in Qatar has been under the spotlight in the last few years, particularly… Keep reading »
Analysis: Slavery Denial and other ways to discredit the Anti-Slavery movement, writes Sarah Mathewson How can the government of Mauritania continue to deny the existence of slavery, a practice that apparently affects many thousands of people in the country? Indeed, while the stories we hear from escaped slaves reveal that slavery… Keep reading »