Mauritania legal win: three new slavery convictions 9 July 2020 News 9 July 2020 Our work in Mauritania supporting slavery victims in high-profile legal cases, carried out with partners Minority Rights Group and SOS-Esclaves, has helped secure an important victory. Two former slave masters have received long prison sentences (10 years…
Discrimination is the fuel that powers slavery 5 June 2020 Blog To be truly anti-racist is to be committed to changing ourselves, blogs Ryna Sherazi.
Anti-Slavery International statement on the 2020 anti-racist uprisings 4 June 2020 News 4 June 2020 Anti-Slavery International stands as an ally in solidarity with all who are protesting against racism and the systemic injustice in their communities and around the world. Slavery happens because people are discriminated against, denied their rights and…
400 years’ anniversary of slaves arriving in America – does it matter? 17 December 2019 Blog Focus on 1619 whitens and Europeanises the history of North America, argues Anti-Slavery patron historian Benjamin Lawrance 12 December 2019 For many in the USA, 2019 is a momentous anniversary, insofar as it has been commemorated as marking the 400…
Constructing pasts, contesting futures 20 September 2019 Blog Head of International Slavery Museum Dr. Richard P. Benjamin on Liverpool’s slavery legacy.
We remember. We act. 25 March 2019 Blog The best way to remember is to act, blogs Richard Benjamin from the International Slavery Museum
Nobody in today’s world should be held in slavery 22 August 2018 Blog Descendant of William Wilberforce John Gaselee reflects on continuing his legacy today.
Remember the past, act to end slavery today 25 March 2016 Blog Ellie McDonald blogs about the International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Why we mark Anti-Slavery Day 18 October 2015 Blog 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…
Britain should apologise and pay reparations for past slavery 1 October 2015 Blog 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 During the Second World War thousands of Allied prisoners of war were enslaved and subject…