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28 January 2008 The Government has announced that the 23 August — UNESCO’s day for the International Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition — will be adopted as the focal date for national commemorations in the years to come. A national slavery memorial day was one of the… Keep reading »
19 December 2007 In December, the Independent newspaper reported the story of three Florida fruit-pickers held captive and exploited by their employer for over a year. When they were found, they carried scars of beatings to their head and body, knife wounds, bruising and cuts. They had been forced into… Keep reading »
9 November 2007 An international conference is to be held on all aspects of child slavery at the Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation (WISE), University of Hull, UK in association with Anti-Slavery International, Gilda Lehrman Center, Yale University and Free the Slaves on November 27-28 2008. Keep reading »
31 October 2007 Two Mauritanians were arrested in October for allegedly forcing two children to work without pay in a town about 600 miles from the capital. Slavery became a criminal offence in Mauritania last August even though the practice has been banned since 1981. Now slave holders face up… Keep reading »
25 October 2007 In an important move forward in the fight against human trafficking, on 24 October Cyprus became the tenth country to ratify the Council of Europe’s Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings. With 10 ratifications it means the Convention will enter into force from 1 February… Keep reading »
26 September 2007 English Heritage unveiled a Blue Plaque commemorating Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, leading anti-slavery campaigner and former vice-president of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society (as Anti-Slavery International was then known). Anti-Slavery International’s Deputy Chair Lucy Chandler, who is Buxton’s great-great-great-great granddaughter, unveiled the plaque at the ceremony… Keep reading »
17 September 2007 On 17 September, a French court found the former Prime Minister of Burundi and his wife guilty of slavery. Gabriele Mpozagara and his wife Candide were sentenced in absentia to 12 and 15 months in prison respectively for enslaving their nieces. Each was fined 10,000 euros (US$13,869),… Keep reading »
24 August 2007 In an important move forward, London’s Mayor Ken Livingston apologised for the capital’s role in the Transatlantic Slave Trade and declared 23 August the city’s annual slavery memorial day. Marking International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition on 23 August, the mayor… Keep reading »
22 August 2007 On 23 August, International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, Anti-Slavery International launches its newest website. Recovered Histories: Reawakening the narratives of enslavement, resistance and the fight for freedom www.recoveredhistories.org provides insight into the Transatlantic Slave Trade and the struggle between… Keep reading »
9 August 2007 Anti-Slavery International welcomes Mauritania’s criminalisation of slavery on 8 August. The new law, which passed with 100 per cent support in parliament, marks an historic step forward in the fight against this abuse. It makes the practice of slavery punishable by up to 10 years in prison… Keep reading »