Top UK City firm founders linked to slavery 27 June 2009 Blog 27 June 2009 New research by University College London has uncovered links between British Investment bank Rothschild and City law firm Freshfields and slavery. Reported in the Financial Times, documents from the British National Archives reveal that Rothschild founder, Nathan…
Zimbabwe Army using forced labour in diamond fields 26 June 2009 Blog 26 June 2009 A new report by Human Right Watch has accused the Zimbabwean military of using forced labour in the Marange diamond fields in the east of the country. The report accuses Zanu-PF controlled soldiers of forcing hundreds of…
Awarded for exposing the African country where 1 in 5 are slaves 22 May 2009 News 22 May 2009 SOS Esclaves have been awarded the 2009 Anti-Slavery Award for nearly 15 years of fighting slavery in Mauritania, a country where an estimated 18 per cent of the population, or 600,000 people, are born and continue to…
Response to Home Affairs Committee report on human trafficking 14 May 2009 Blog 14 May 2009 In response to today’s (Thursday 14 May) Home Affairs Committee report on human trafficking, Klara Skrivankova, Trafficking Programme Co-ordinator for Anti-Slavery International, which submitted evidence to the Parliamentary Inquiry, said: “The Home Affairs Committee is right to…
Backdated compensation ignores forgotten child camel jockeys 12 May 2009 Blog 12 May 2009 In the wake of the decision by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to backdate compensation for former Bangladeshi child camel jockeys, Anti-Slavery International calls for the UAE to explain the whereabouts of the nearly 2,000 unaccounted for…
Time Magazine ‘Top 100’ award for Hadijatou 30 April 2009 Blog 30 April 2009 Hadijatou Mani, the former slave who successfully sued Niger for failing to protect her from slavery, has been named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. The 25-year-old was recognised…
Clinton and Obama honour Hadijatou 12 March 2009 Blog 12 March 2009 Hilary Clinton and Michelle Obama have honoured a former slave in recognition of her courage in combating slavery in her home country of Niger. The US Secretary of State and First Lady presented 24-year-old Hadijatou Mani with…
Hidden slavery in UK cannabis factories 10 March 2009 Blog 10 March 2009 In response to the BBC findings published today (10 March 2009) on the large rise in the number of ‘cannabis factories’ in the UK, Aidan McQuade, Director of Anti-Slavery International, said: “If the number of cannabis factories…
UN says governments fail to protect victims of trafficking 18 February 2009 Blog 18 February 2009 Nearly 99 per cent of trafficking victims are not identified, the first United Nations global report on human trafficking has found. The report also criticises governments for failing to prosecute traffickers and exposes the role women play…
Congolese warlord on trial for recruiting child soldiers 30 January 2009 Blog 30 January 2009 A Congolese militia leader accused of recruiting child soldiers is being tried at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague this week. The case is the first to come before the ICC. Thomas Lubanga, the former…