Landmark High Court verdict in UK 20 January 2009 Blog 20 January 2009 Anti-Slavery International welcomes the landmark decision by the High Court yesterday (19 February 2009) to compensate four Moldovan women trafficked into forced prostitution in the UK with more than £600,000 in damages, and calls for the compensation…
Sudan accused of making thousands slaves in Darfur 6 January 2009 Blog 6 January 2009 Thousands of civilians in Darfur are being abducted for forced labour and sexual slavery by the Sudanese Army and government backed militia, according to a report published in December. Many of the abductions take place during armed…
Brazil rescues more than 4,500 slaves 6 January 2009 Blog 6 January 2009 Brazil’s anti-slavery taskforce rescued 4,634 slaves from remote ranches and plantations last year, according to government figures released this week. The taskforce took part in a record 133 raids as well as visiting 255 different farms in…
End criminalising victims of trafficking 18 December 2008 Blog 18 December 2008 Call to end culture of criminalising trafficking victims Anti-Slavery International welcomes the Government’s ratification of the Trafficking Convention yesterday evening (17 December 2008) but warns that there must now be an end to the culture of treating…
Slavery remains despite year of successes 2 December 2008 Blog 2 December 2008 On the UN’s International Day for the Abolition of Slavery (Tuesday 2 December), it is important to be reminded that slavery remains a reality for a minimum of 12.3 million people across the world. However, despite the…
Niger condemned for slavery 27 October 2008 Blog 27 October 2008 Niger has been found responsible of failing to protect 24-year-old Hadijatou Mani from slavery. The judgement was delivered in Niamey, the capital of Niger today (Monday 27 October) by the Community Court of Justice of the Economic…
Freedom for 20,000 people as Nepal abolishes bonded labour practice 9 September 2008 Blog 9 September 2008 Anti-Slavery International, the world’s oldest human rights organisation, welcomes the decision by the government of Nepal to free 20,000 people in slavery by abolishing the local bonded labour practice of ‘haliya‘. The organisation also calls for official…
Free conference Fostering community cohesion and global citizenship through teaching the Transatlantic Slave Trade Wednesday… 27 August 2008 Blog 27 August 2008 As part of the Recovered Histories project and addressing the legacies of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, Anti-Slavery International and Inner Vision have organised four free INSET days to empower teachers who lack the confidence and resources to…
Migrant domestic workers dying every week in Lebanon 27 August 2008 Blog 27 August 2008 More than one migrant domestic worker a week dies in Lebanon from suicide or by accident in a desperate attempt to escape from their employers, according to Human Rights Watch. Since January 2007, 95 migrant domestic workers…
Next generation of abolitionists called for on first UK annual slavery memorial day 22 August 2008 Blog 22 August 2008 The 23 August 2008 is the UN’s International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition and marks the UK ‘s first annual slavery memorial day. The Transatlantic Slave Trade was one of the…