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 […]

February 3rd, 2016 | Category: Aleg, Biram Dah Abeid, Brahim Bilal Ramdane, Brahim Bilal Ramdhane, Djiby Sow, human rights defender, human rights defenders, imprisonment, IRA Mauritanie, IRA USA, modern slavery, Nouakchott, trafficking | Leave a comment

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 […]

November 10th, 2015 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Aleg, Amnesty International, anti-slavery protest, Biram Dah Abeid, Brahim Bilal Ramdane, Brahim Bilal Ramdhane, Djiby Sow, Slavery | Leave a comment