Celebrating women who resist slavery 9 June 2016 Blog For International Women’s Day 2023, we’ve been thinking about women who inspire us. We hear lots of devastating stories about women around the world whose rights are being violated due to trafficking, forced labour, and other forms of slavery. But…
Landmark victory: voices from Mauritania 27 May 2016 Blog Two slave owners were convicted for slavery in Mauritania in a landmark case brought by Anti-Slavery International and its partners SOS-Esclaves. It was the first ever conviction by the Special Courts for Slavery, introduced last year alongside a new anti-slavery…
Double court victory: a game changer for slavery in Mauritania? 18 May 2016 Blog, News Two slavery-related court victories on May 16 and May 17 were hailed as potential ‘game changers’ for slavery in Mauritania.
Women and slavery on International Women’s Day 8 March 2016 Blog Sarah Mathewson analyses how widespread discrimination against women makes them extra vulnerable to exploitation and slavery, based on the West Africa example.
One year on: Mauritania must release jailed anti-slavery activists 11 November 2015 Blog 11 November 2015 Anti-Slavery International joins sixteen other organisations in calling for immediate release of activists jailed a year ago JOINT STATEMENT: MAURITANIA MUST RELEASE TWO PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE DETAINED A YEAR AGO Mauritania must immediately release two anti-slavery activists…
Mauritania condemned for repression of anti-slavery campaigners 25 August 2015 Blog 25 August 2015 Joint letter condemns Mauritania’s imprisonment of anti-slavery activists. Anti-Slavery International co-signs letter condemning Mauritania’s imprisonment of anti-slavery activists To the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, To the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary…
New Mauritanian anti-slavery law is worthless if not implemented 18 August 2015 News 18 August 2015 Press release Minority Rights Group International (MRGI) and Anti-Slavery International welcomed the adoption of a new anti-slavery law in Mauritania but said that it will be worthless if it is not implemented. Slavery has been criminalised in…
Mauritanian government denies the existence of slavery 15 July 2015 Blog Analysis: Slavery Denial and other ways to discredit the Anti-Slavery movement, writes Sarah Mathewson How can the government of Mauritania continue to deny the existence of slavery, a practice that apparently affects many thousands of people in the country? Indeed, while…
Mauritania slavery verdict 10 July 2015 Blog 10 July 2015 Mauritanian Justice System fails a victim of slavery yet again whilst slave-owner walks free. By Jakub Sobik, Press and Digital Media Officer We have just received news of a verdict in one of our slavery cases in…
Call on Mauritania to address slavery 27 April 2015 Blog 27 April 2015 Mauritania’s UN Review: Anti-Slavery International and partners call for action on slavery. Anti-Slavery International and its partners SOS-Esclaves, Minority Rights Group International (MRG) and the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA) have called on…