Anti-Slavery Award winners march against US fast-food giant 6 December 2007 Blog 6 December 2007 Anti-Slavery International Award winners the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) launched its campaign against fast-food giant Burger King, with a march on its headquarters to protest the tolerance of labour exploitation by its suppliers. On 30 November,…
International conference on child slavery to be held in 2008 9 November 2007 Blog 9 November 2007 An international conference is to be held on all aspects of child slavery at the Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation (WISE), University of Hull, UK in association with Anti-Slavery International, Gilda Lehrman Center,…
US forced labour activists win UK Anti-Slavery Award 8 November 2007 Blog 8 November 2007 Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), which is leading the fight against forced labour in United States agriculture, is being presented with the 2007 Anti-Slavery Award from Anti-Slavery International, the world’s oldest international human rights organisation, on Wednesday…
Police rescue man trafficked into forced labour in UK first 1 November 2007 Blog 1 November 2007 In an important first, police rescued a man trafficked to the United Kingdom for forced labour. The 22-year-old was trafficked from the Czech Republic and forced into agricultural work in Cambridgeshire, lured by the false promise of…
Two arrested in Mauritania on slavery related charges 31 October 2007 Blog 31 October 2007 Two Mauritanians were arrested in October for allegedly forcing two children to work without pay in a town about 600 miles from the capital. Slavery became a criminal offence in Mauritania last August even though the practice…
Council of Europe trafficking convention enters into force 25 October 2007 Blog 25 October 2007 In an important move forward in the fight against human trafficking, on 24 October Cyprus became the tenth country to ratify the Council of Europe’s Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings. With 10 ratifications it…
UN action strengthens the fight to end slavery 2 October 2007 Blog 2 October 2007 The appointment of a United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery on 28 September marks an historic step forward in the fight against all forms of slavery. The appointment is a clear acknowledgement of the…
Blue Plaque commemorates anti-slavery legend 26 September 2007 Blog 26 September 2007 English Heritage unveiled a Blue Plaque commemorating Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, leading anti-slavery campaigner and former vice-president of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society (as Anti-Slavery International was then known). Anti-Slavery International’s Deputy Chair Lucy Chandler, who…
Indian bonded labour activists arrested 18 September 2007 Blog 18 September 2007 Punjab authorities arrested Jai Singh, director of Anti-Slavery International’s partner Volunteers for Social Justice (VSJ), and around 100 bonded labourers for demonstrating against bonded labour. They were charged on 9 September with disturbing the peace as they…
French court finds Burundi ex-minister guilty of slavery 17 September 2007 Blog 17 September 2007 On 17 September, a French court found the former Prime Minister of Burundi and his wife guilty of slavery. Gabriele Mpozagara and his wife Candide were sentenced in absentia to 12 and 15 months in prison respectively…