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news and press releases 2008

18/12/08  End criminalising victims of trafficking

02/12/08 Slavery remains despite year of successes

27/10/08 Niger condemned for slavery

19/09/08 Uzbekistan child labour ban ends slavery in cotton fields

09/09/08 Freedom for 20,000 people as Nepal abolishes bonded labour practice

27/08/08 Migrant domestic workers dying every week in Lebanon

22/08/08   Free conference Fostering community cohesion and global citizenship through teaching the Transatlantic Slave Trade Wednesday 22 October 2008

22/08/08 Next generation of abolitionists called for on first UK annual slavery memorial day

20/07/08   Free teacher training programme on the Transatlantic Slave Trade

19/06/08   Festival legends the Levellers headline at Glastonbury in support of Anti-Slavery International

27/05/08   Coalition of Immokalee Workers wins victory in Burger King campaign

03/04/08 Historic slavery case launched against Niger

27/03/08 Transatlantic Slave Trade seminars - resources, training and networking beyond the Bicentenary

01/02/08 A major step forward in ensuring the protection of the rights of trafficked persons

28/01/08 UK establishes national slavery memorial day

18/01/08 Anti-Slavery International nominated as beneficiaries of Glastonbury event in May 2008

bonded labour in India

Bonded labour is probably the least known but widest used form of slavery today
©Pete Pattisson / www.petepattisson.com

children in school in Haiti

Former Restaveks, child domestic servants, at a summer camp organised as rehabilitation by Foyer Maurice Sixto
©Pete Pattisson / www.petepattisson.com