Articles tagged with: Mauritania

27 articles with this tag.

Mauritania lockdown: helping the most vulnerable

How we’re helping people who’ve escaped slave descent amidst the restrictions to curb Covid-19, by Sarah Mathewson, Anti-Slavery’s Africa Programme Manager. 29 May 2020 Back in March, the Mauritanian government acted swiftly – banning travel between regions, restricting outings and gatherings and imposing a curfew between 6pm and 6am. Keep reading »

Boys who grew up in slavery in Mauritania

Mauritania: appeal court decision “another setback”

Press release Said and Yarg 25 November 2016 Minority Rights Group International (MRG) and Anti-Slavery International (ASI) are disappointed at outcome of the appeal in the Said and Yarg slavery case yesterday in Mauritania. Although the Court of Appeal in its decision increased the level of compensation awarded to the… Keep reading »

woman and children in Mauritania

Mauritania: Prison sentences for activists a ‘devastating blow’

Imprisoning anti-slavery activists is a ‘devastating blow’ for the Mauritanian human rights movement, said Anti-Slavery International. ©Michael Hylton 19 August 2016 Anti-Slavery International said today that imprisoning anti-slavery activists is a ‘devastating blow’ for the Mauritanian human rights movement, and exposes the Government’s pledges to address slavery as a farce. Keep reading »