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Mauritania must immediately release jailed anti-slavery activists and human rights defenders Joint Public Statement: AFR 38/001/2015 On 15 January 2015, the court of Rosso, a town in southern Mauritania, sentenced three anti-slavery activists and human rights defenders to two years in prison for belonging to and managing an unrecognised organisation, participation in an unauthorised […] 
THE NEW SONG by SOLDIER HEMS is sure to be the anthem of the Mauritanian anti-slavery movement. Biram Dah Abeid, Brahim Bilal Ramdhane and Djiby Sow were senteced, in Rosso on January 15, 2014, to two years in prison. Directly after their sentencing, the three anti-slavery activists were transferred to the prison in Aleg. They […] Rosso, Mauritania: Biram Dah Abeid in court today denied assaulting Islam and national unity. Biram was the only defendant to testify in the session that started at three in the afternoon and lasted until six. Mr. Abeid rejected all the charges against himself and his fellow members of IRA – Mauritanie, including charges of belonging […] 
The historic trials of December 24, 2014 have produced one death sentence and allegations of prisoner abuse. The first day of the trial in Rosso Mauritania of the IRA – Mauritanie members, including Biram Dah Abeid and the other leaders of IRA, was preceded by a night of terror, sleeplessness and deprivation of food and […] The European Parliament issued the following resolution demanding the liberation of Biram Dah Abeid and his colleagues. The European counter-parts to IRA- Mauritanie along with UNPO and other non-profits worked together to generate this declaration. You can listen to the members of the EU parliament speak on this urgent resolution here (in French). Plenary sitting […] Après Foreign Policy et Jeune Afrique, l’Obs consacre son « Grands formats » à Biram Dans son édition n° 2613 du 4 au 10 décembre 2014, le grand hebdomadaire parisien, « L’Obs » (anciennement “Le Nouvel Observateur”), consacre six pages de sa rubrique « Grands formats » au président de l’Initiative pour la Résurgence du […] Today we received a letter from Biram Dah Abeid sent by him from the jail in Rosso Mauritania. Biram and his colleagues from IRA face charges of incitement to violence, troubling public order, outrage of the public authority, membership in a non-recognized organization. Here is the letter, in French and English: Initiative for the Resurgence […] UP-DATE: ROSSO, MAURITANIA Imprisonment and Trial of Biram Dah Abeid and Colleagues November 24, 2014 Alice Bullard, CEO IRA – USA Washington DC I. Next Hearing in Rosso scheduled for November 25, 2014 (note: hearing dates are subject to change by authorities) Samba Diagana, Abidine Matalla, Hassane Mahmoud et Mohamed Yacoub will be […] Please Contribute to the IRA – USA Legal Defense Fund Mariem Cheikh, a high level officer of IRA – Mauritania was arrested today in Nouakchott. Mariem was at a demonstration organized to protest the previous arrests in Rosso and in Nouakchott. The demonstration, following IRA’s deep commitment to peaceful social change, was non-violent. Mariem was the only person arrested. First hand witnesses said it was […] November 11, 2014 IRA-USA Press Release IRA Members imprisoned in Rosso Soldiers surrounded an anti-slavery protest in Rosso, Mauritania this morning, firing tear-gas cannisters and then moving in to arrest Biram Dah Abeid and eight other anti-slavery activists. Biram Dah Abeid is the president of the Initiative for the Resurgent Abolitionist Movement of Mauritania (IRA […]
On a television interview show called Wataniya, Yebdhihih Dahi called for the murder of Biram Dah Abeid, Aminetous Moctar, Mahfoudha Brahim and all philosophy teachers. Yebdihih Dahi is the president Friends of the Prophet (Amis du prophète), an extremist religious organization. This call for the murder of human rights defenders echoes the earlier attacks […] |
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