27 articles with this tag.
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 there are also lots of stories of… Keep reading »
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 law. Read the reaction from Mauritania. 27 May 2016… Keep reading »
Two slavery-related court victories on May 16 and May 17 were hailed as potential ‘game changers’ for slavery in Mauritania. Keep reading »
Sarah Mathewson analyses how widespread discrimination against women makes them extra vulnerable to exploitation and slavery, based on the West Africa example. Keep reading »
11 November 2015 Anti-Slavery International joins sixteen other organisations in calling for immediate release of activists jailed a year ago Biram Dah Abeid, President of the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement JOINT STATEMENT: MAURITANIA MUST RELEASE TWO PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE DETAINED A YEAR AGO Mauritania must immediately… Keep reading »
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 Biram Dah Abeid, President of the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement To the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, To the United… Keep reading »
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 Mauritania since 2007 but only one conviction has so far… Keep reading »
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 the stories we hear from escaped slaves reveal that slavery… Keep reading »
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 Photo: Michael Hylton We have just received news of a verdict in one of our slavery cases in Mauritania – a 10-year-old boy called Issa… Keep reading »
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 the Mauritanian government to become serious in tackling slavery… Keep reading »