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18 January 2011 Three anti-slavery protesters jailed in Mauritania. Sentences ‘racist’ say activists. Anti-Slavery International is calling on the government of Mauritania to immediately release three activists sentenced to a year in prison, including six months suspended, after protesting against the slavery of two young girls in the capital Nouakchott. Keep reading »
4 December 2010 The first person to be appointed a chief in Niger to represent slaves and former slaves will be crowned at a historic ceremony in the north of the country on Saturday 4 December. The appointment of Malick Asma, aged 46, is anticipated to result in an increase… Keep reading »
18 October 2010 From Christmas decorations in China, T-shirts in India and tobacco in Malawi, the shocking range of everyday items produced through slavery can be seen for the first time on a new interactive website from Anti-Slavery International: www.productsofslavery.org. Launched for the UK’s inaugural Anti-Slavery Day (Monday 18 October… Keep reading »
10 August 2010 Ilguilas Weila, founder of Niger anti-slavery NGO Timidria, has been exonerated of any wrong doing after a court threw out an attempt to have charges of defamation and fraud brought against the activist. Weila was arrested and imprisoned for two months following an attempt in March 2005… Keep reading »
1 August 2010 A Romanian Roma couple, Speranta Mihai and Gheorghe Mihai, who forced their seven children to act as beggars and thieves in and around London have been jailed after pleading guilty to child cruelty and benefit fraud charges. Following their arrival in the UK in 2007 members of… Keep reading »
14 July 2010 A new report by Human Rights Watch finds migrant tobacco workers in Kazakhstan trapped in forced labour and debt bondage. The seasonal workers, typically from Kyrgyzstan and other former Soviet republics, are employed by farm owners who supply tobacco to the Kazakhstan subsidiary of Philip Morris International,… Keep reading »
16 June 2010 The UK’s new anti-trafficking measures are “not fit for purpose” and the government is breaching its obligations under the European Convention against Trafficking (1), said a coalition of British human rights organisations today (16 June), as it published a new report on trafficking to the UK. The… Keep reading »
6 June 2010 Child domestic workers from around the world are visiting Geneva to meet national governments and to persuade ministers on the need for a new international convention to protect domestic workers. Current and former child domestic workers from Peru, India and Togo will be leaving their countries for… Keep reading »
20 April 2010 A gang of Romanian child traffickers responsible for forcing Romanian Roma children to beg and steal on London’s streets were arrested on 8 April during an operation supported by London’s Met police. Eighteen people were arrested following raids on 34 homes in Tandarei, a sleepy town of… Keep reading »
16 April 2010 A new legal guide by Anti-Slavery International and Eaves Poppy Project has warned that victims of trafficking for forced prostitution and forced labour are vulnerable to being re-trafficked because of a failure of the criminal justice system to provide financial compensation for their ordeal. International and domestic… Keep reading »