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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 and 15 years respectively) and one a suspended sentence. Keep reading »
To be truly anti-racist is to be committed to changing ourselves, blogs Ryna Sherazi. Keep reading »
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 not protected by the law. Anti-Slavery International was set up… Keep reading »
Head of International Slavery Museum Dr. Richard P. Benjamin on Liverpool’s slavery legacy. Keep reading »
The best way to remember is to act, blogs Richard Benjamin from the International Slavery Museum Keep reading »
Descendant of William Wilberforce John Gaselee reflects on continuing his legacy today. Keep reading »
Ellie McDonald blogs about the International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade Keep reading »
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 in the 21st century I hear you asking? Isn’t… Keep reading »
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 Slave market in West Indies in 18th century During the Second World War thousands of Allied prisoners of war were enslaved and subject to horrendous… Keep reading »
11 January 2014 ’12 Years a Slave’ should be an inspiration for modern slavery abolitionists. ’12 Years a Slave’ should inspire us to work against slavery today rather than simply reflect on past atrocities says Aidan McQuade, director of Anti-Slavery International. Steve McQueen’s movie ’12 Years a Slave’ shows… Keep reading »