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One year on: Mauritania must release jailed anti-slavery activists
11 November 2015 Anti-Slavery International joins sixteen other organisations in calling for immediate release of activists jailed a year ago Biram Dah Abeid, President of the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement JOINT STATEMENT: MAURITANIA MUST RELEASE TWO PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE DETAINED A YEAR AGO Mauritania must immediately… Keep reading »
Qatar on track to organise world’s bloodiest sporting event in history
28 October 2015 Press release Nepali workers queueing for permits to migrate to the Middle East ©Pete Pattisson “Qatar still on track to organise the world’s bloodiest sporting event in history” say Anti-Slavery International after its labour reforms fail the workers. Qatar has failed to change its sponsorship ‘kafalah’… Keep reading »
Why we mark Anti-Slavery Day
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 »
Britain should apologise and pay reparations for past slavery
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 »
Road to empower women workers in brick kilns
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 »
Forced labour powered cotton harvest starts
8 September 2015 Press release As the annual cotton harvest in Uzbekistan started last week with renewed concerns that government sponsored system of forced labour will continue this year, Anti-Slavery International has released a two minute animated video explaining the issue. The slavery system has been used grow and… Keep reading »
Cotton Crimes doodle video
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 »
Mauritania condemned for repression of anti-slavery campaigners
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 »
India brick kiln briefing
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 »