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Tag: anti-slavery
Members of Mauritania’s Largest Slave Abolitionist Group to Run for Elections
After years of fighting for their rights despite crackdown and imprisonment, members of Mauritania’s leading anti-slavery NGO, the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA) are ... Read More
U.N. Officials Slam Mauritania for Stifling Anti-Slavery Activists
U.N. human rights officials condemned the systematic oppression endured by anti-slavery activists in Mauritania who have been handed a 15-year jail sentence. "The (Mauritanian) government ... Read More
US Condemns Imprisonment, Torture of Anti-slavery Activists in Mauritania
The United States has recently condemned in strong terms the imprisonment and the torture endured by anti-slavery activists in Mauritania. The US condemnation came after ... Read More
Mauritania: NGOs demand release of anti-slavery activists
A group of 17 NGOs including Amnesty International Wednesday called for the immediate release of two Mauritanian anti-slavery activists arrested one year ago and handed ... Read More
Mauritania Tightens Anti-slavery law
Mauritanian Parliament has passed a new anti-slavery law which criminalizes "10 forms of slavery", including forced marriage and other controversial social practices such as handing ... Read More