Articles tagged with: UK

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London photo exhibition puts global slavery into focus

16 March 2007 At least 12 million people worldwide, including in the UK, are in slavery 200 years after Britain abolished the Transatlantic Slave Trade. A striking new photo exhibition — Forgotten But Not Gone: Slavery and resistance 200 years after abolition — exposes the global realities of slavery today,… Keep reading »

Need for UK Government action on slave trade legacies

15 March 2007 Anti-Slavery International welcomes Prime Minister Tony Blair’s apology for Britain’s role in the Transatlantic Slave Trade (14 March) and calls on the Government take action in order to address the Slave Trade’s legacies. “This is an important move forward, but for apology to be effective, it is… Keep reading »

Leading charities call on governments to act as new photography exhibition exposes UK trafficking reality

16 February 2007 Joint Press Release: Amnesty International UK, Anti-Slavery International, Eaves, Unicef UK As a powerful new photographic exhibition revealing the reality of trafficking in the UK opens in St Paul’s Cathedral (21 February), four leading British charities – Amnesty International, Anti-Slavery International, Eaves and Unicef UK— are calling… Keep reading »

Tony Blair announces UK will sign anti-trafficking convention

23 January 2007 In a welcome move, Prime Minister Tony Blair announced on 22 January the United Kingdom would sign the Council of Europe Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings, bringing the guarantee of help and protection for all trafficked people in the UK a step closer. Anti-Slavery… Keep reading »