Forced labour powered cotton harvest starts 8 September 2015 News 8 September 2015 Press release As the annual cotton harvest in Uzbekistan started last week with renewed concerns that government sponsored system of forced labour will continue this year, Anti-Slavery International has released a two minute animated video explaining the…
New Mauritanian anti-slavery law is worthless if not implemented 18 August 2015 News 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…
Modern Slavery Act comes into force 31 July 2015 News 31 July 2015 Press release Modern Slavery Act coming into force: ‘Only modest step to eradicate slavery’ say Anti-Slavery International. Anti-Slavery International welcomes the Modern Slavery Act coming into force on Friday 31 July but stressed it is only a…
Uzbekistan: US TiP Report supports forced labour 27 July 2015 News 27 July 2015 Press release U.S. decisions on Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan in Trafficking in Persons report supports state-sponsored forced labour and fails victims. UZBEKISTAN The U.S. government upgraded the Uzbek government’s ranking in its 2015 Trafficking in Persons Report despite…
Qatar’s moves to improve workers’ conditions only a PR exercise 18 May 2015 Blog, News 18 May 2015 Press release ‘The mask has slipped again’ say Anti-Slavery International about Qatar’s efforts to improve workers’ rights Anti-Slavery International today said that Qatari government’s moves to improve the worker’s conditions is just a PR exercise and nothing…
Uzbekistan: cotton harvest fosters slavery and extortion 13 April 2015 Blog, News 13 April 2015 Uzbek Government forces labour and extorts funds from citizens and corporations. “The government’s riches, the people’s burden. Human rights violations in Uzbekistan’s 2014 cotton harvest” – new report highlights how the cotton harvest fosters modern day slavery…
Voice of Freedom Project 5 January 2015 Blog, News 5 January 2015 Trafficking of East African women through the Sinai Desert. Voice of Freedom project exhibited photo stories of Eritrean and Ethiopian migrants who have been kidnapped and sold into slavery in the Sinai desert. We are honoured to…
Voice of Freedom: Gallery 19 December 2014 News Trafficked women speak into the silence Voice of Freedom supports African women who have escaped trafficking in the Sudan and Sinai as they speak about their lives through photography and text. The goal of the project is to make space…
Forced labour in 2014 Uzbekistan cotton harvest 14 November 2014 Blog, News 14 November 2014 17 people lost their lives and millions, including children, were forced to pick cotton in the 2014 Uzbek cotton harvest in one of the largest state-sponsored systems of forced labour in the world, said the Cotton Campaign…
Anti-Slavery International ‘shocked and concerned’ over reports of arrest of anti-slavery activists in Mauritania 13 November 2014 Blog, News 13 November 2014 Anti-Slavery International said that it is ‘shocked and concerned’ over reports of arrest of anti-slavery activists in Mauritania. In a letter sent to the Head of Mission at the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania in…