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Tag: Slavery
Migration: Joint EU-AU-UN Task Force to be Set up
The United Nations, the European Union and the African Union have agreed to put in place a joint Task Force to save and protect lives ... Read More
On the Forgotten Victims of Slavery in Polisario-run Tindouf Camps
The human slave auction documented by CNN in Libya ignited global outrage and drew attention to an inhuman practice that is regrettably also rampant in ... Read More
Global Outrage at Slave Auction in Libya
Global outrage has followed the shocking video footage that has emerged claiming to show Sub-Saharans being sold at auction in Libya slave markets. The video ... Read More
Mauritania: Dakar bans for second time Biram Dah Abeid-led conference on human rights abuses, racism
Mauritanian activist Biram Dah Abeid Wednesday was forced to abort conference on human rights abuses and racism in his country after receiving instructions from Senegalese ... Read More
Mauritanian Authorities Maintain Blackout on Slavery
Mauritanian authorities persist on maintaining a blackout on the practice of slavery in the country by denying access to international civil rights organizations, the latest ... Read More
Mauritania: IRA Movement Leader Vows to Remove President by 2019
President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz will not rule Mauritania beyond 2019, end of his current tenure, Biram Ould Dah Ould Abeid, President of the Initiative ... Read More
UN Report Slams Mauritanian Authorities for Discriminating against Afro-Mauritanians
Mauritanian authorities were strongly criticized in a UN report for discriminating against the Haratins and Afro-Mauritanians who remain excluded from all positions of power coupled ... Read More
Mauritania: Anti-Slavery Activist to Return Home after 8-Month International Campaign
Birame ould Dah ould Abeïd, leader of the anti-slavery movement IRA (Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement) has announced his comeback to Mauritania ... Read More
Tough Times for Slavery Abolitionists in Mauritania
Mauritanian authorities arrested last Sunday scores of anti-slavery activists on the backdrop of riots and clashes last week with security forces in Nouakchott. The riots ... Read More