Imprisoned IRA Members as of July 14th

The current list of IRA members arrested subsequent to June 29th is:

1-Diop Amamadou Tdjane

2-Balla Touré

3-Hamady lehbouss

4-Ahmed Amarvall

5- Khattry M’Bareck

6-Mohamed Daty

7-Jemal Bléyile

8-Ousmane Anne

9-Ousmane Lô

10-Abdallahi Matallah Seck

11-Moussa Biram

12-Mohamed Zarouhoullah

13- Abdallahi Abou Diop 14 Ahmed Hamdy

More Arrests: Update Saturday 9th July 2016

Notice received this morning from Nouakchott:

Je vous informe que la police ils ont arrêté hier,Mohamed Daty et aujourd’hui,il sont arrêté,Ousmane Lo,Ousmane Sy,Abdellahi Diop, bien a vous …

translated: I inform you that yesterday the police arrested Mohamed Daty and that today they arrested Ousmane Lo, Ousmane Sy, and Abdellahi Diop.

The report of the […]

U.S. Senator Cardin “It is no Secret Mauritania Has one of the Worst Human Rights Records”

This is a press release from U.S. Senator Ben Cardin:

United States Senate Committee on FOREIGN RELATIONS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 6, 2016

CONTACT Sean Bartlett 202-224-4651 Sue Walitsky 202-224-4524 Cardin Statement on Arrests of Anti-Slavery Activists in Mauritania

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, […]

Mass Arrests in Nouakchott

Here is a sub-divided list of people arrested since the unrest at Gazra Bouamatou (that incident was linked to the evictions of squatters from their homesteads. Such evictions happen because someone else (normally an Arab-Berber businessman) gains title to the land and then plans to develop it, so evicts the squatters).

These arrests are retribution […]

URGENT: Awards in WashDC and Mass Arrests in Nouakchott

URGENT Press Announcement

Washington DC July 1, 2016

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Biram Dah Abeid received the Hero Award from United States Secretary of State John Kerry on June 30th at the U.S. State Department in […]

Success through Working Together

We are very happy that the IRA President, Biram Dah Abeid, and Vice – President Brahim Bilal Ramdhane, are finally freed from jail.

The number of individuals and organizations who worked together to protest the jailing of these leading anti-slavery activists is huge. IRA USA is very proud to be counted among the IRA community […]

Caravan Against Agrarian Slavery

IRA is starting a new Caravan Against Agrarian Slavery.

It was while participating in such a Caravan that the IRA members were arrested on November 11, 2014. Biram Dah Abeid and Brahim Bilal Ramdane are both still in jail.

This new Caravan is a courageous action by IRA members who want to help those dispossessed […]

Slavery Opponents’ Final Appeal

IRA Mauritanie has announced that the Lawyers Collective for the Defense of Biram Dah Abeid, Brahim Bilal Ramdane and Djiby Sow have filed the final appeal for unjust imprisonment. January 16, 2015, Mr. Abeid, Ramdane and Sow were sentenced to two years imprisonment and five years deprivation of basic civil rights. The men were convicted […]

Free Biram and Brahim: One Year in Jail

IRA USA joins in solidarity with Amnesty International’s call for action .

November 11, 2014, Mauritanian police arrested a large group of anti-slavery activists outside of Rosso (in the south of Mauritania). The trial of these activists resulted in the release of many, but Biram Dah Abeid, Brahim Bilal Ramdhane and Djiby Sow each received […]

PRISON for Biram and Brahim; 2 Year Sentence Upheld in Aleg

Today, August 20th 2015, the appeals court in Aleg upheld a two year prison sentence for the president of IRA, Biram Dah Abeid, for the Vice President, Brahim Bilal Ramdhane, and for the president of Kawtal, Djiby Sow. See Al-Jazeera report on this ruling. See IRA – Mauritanie press release on the court of appeals […]

AUGUST 20th APPEAL in ALEG: Will Biram and Brahim be Released?

August 20th, 2015 is the date set for the appeal of Biram Dah Abeid and Brahim Bilal Ramdhane. Both men were sentenced in January to two years in prison because of their peaceful anti-slavery advocacy.

The appeal will be heard in Aleg, Mauritania. However, the law in Mauritania states that the appeal should be held […]