Sunday, November 15, 2015

Aboutme.ProfSubin - Abolish Slavery In Mauritania

Abolish Slavery in Mauritania :

Call on Mauritania's President to set Biram free

VOTE FOR BIRAM DAH ABEID

Dear President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz and Justice Minister Sidi Ould Zein,
I am calling on you to immediately and unconditionally release: Biram Dah Abeid, Brahim Bilal Ramdhane, Brahim Jiddou, Yacoub Inalla and Sabar Houssein.
Mauritania must end the harassment of anti-slavery activists and take positive steps to fully abolish slavery.

Biram Dah Abeid is a leading anti-slavery activist in Mauritania, the country with the highest prevalence of slavery in the world1. The organisation he founded, the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement2 has fought for the freedom of countless men, women and children.

Mauritania fully outlawed slavery in 2007 but has systematically failed to end it in practice. It has fallen to activists like Biram to fight for people’s’ freedom and they face regular harassment and harsh treatment in their campaigning.

As you read this Biram and his fellow activists are sitting in a prison cell for their work to end slavery in Mauritania — and we need your help to secure justice. A huge wave of international pressure now could force the Mauritanian government to prioritize ending slavery and stop the harassment of anti-slavery activists.

 


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