Exclusion from power: women and slavery 13 March 2017 Blog Anti-Slavery director on gender and modern slavery at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Together, we can overcome 10 March 2017 Blog Dr. Aidan McQuade's lecture at Gresham College on the struggle against slavery in history and now.
European parliament agrees Uzbek trade deal 21 December 2016 Blog Louise Eldridge on the Uzbek Trade deal agreed by the EU despite forced labour concerns.
European Parliament: Condoning forced labour? 12 December 2016 Blog With the 2016 Uzbek cotton harvest completed, preliminary findings of the independent monitors show no reduction in the pattern and scale of forced labour this year. 12 December 2016 Student Unions and Societies from major UK universities, representing over 57,000…
Mauritania: ‘devastating blow’ as activists jailed 28 November 2016 News The arrest today of 13 anti-slavery activists in Mauritania is a 'devastating blow' to the movement.
Mauritania: appeal court decision “another setback” 25 November 2016 News Press release 25 November 2016 Minority Rights Group International (MRG) and Anti-Slavery International (ASI) are disappointed at outcome of the appeal in the Said and Yarg slavery case yesterday in Mauritania. Although the Court of Appeal in its decision increased…
EU Trade Committee backs Uzbek trade deal 10 November 2016 News European Parliament Trade Committee has passed a resolution backing the Uzbek Textile Protocol despite widespread forced labour concerns.
Documentary: fresh evidence of Uzbek forced labour 7 November 2016 News Coinciding with the European Parliament's debate over a proposed trade deal with Uzbekistan, new documentary shows evidence of forced labour in cotton industry.
Canada: Landmark slavery case against mining company 28 October 2016 Blog Canadian lawyers responsible for the case of alleged forced labour at the Bisha mine in Eritrea share the inside story.
Mauritanian slavery case accepted by African court 27 October 2016 News Hearing today by the African child rights body of the case of two brothers held in slavery in Mauritania is a ray of hope for the anti-slavery movement, say Minority Rights Group International (MRG) and Anti-Slavery International.