Forced to Leave Mauritania: Two French Human Rights Researchers

Two French human rights researchers — a journalist and a human rights advocate — were expelled from Mauritania on May 2, 2017. Marie Foray and Tiphanie Gosse had been invited to Mauritania by the Association Mauritanienne pour les Droits de l’Homme (AMDH). Fatimata M’Baye, the President of AMDH, expressed her surprise and embarrassment regarding the […]

Freed from Prison! May 17, 2016

On May 17, 2016 the Supreme Court of Mauritania ordered Biram Dah Abeid and Brahim Bilal Ramdane freed from prison. At 4:20 p.m. in Nouakchott Biram and Brahim left the prison, free men once again. They had been incarcerated since their arrest on November 11, 2014 while attending an anti-slavery event. The day after their […]

Cultivating an Islamic Anti-Slavery Culture

Biram Dah Abeid is working in a very dedicated manner to develop an Islamic Anti-Slavery culture.

The anti-slavery message of Biram, however, is consistently denounced as racist. Biram and his followers are denounced as apostates for this message. Biram has never renounced Islam.

Honor and dignity belong to all humans, that is the guarantee of […]

U.S. Department of Labor assessment of Working Conditions in Mauritania

The week of October 20th, a team from the U.S. Department of Labor visited Mauritania to determine if Mauritania is meeting the eligibility requirements for the African Growth and Opportunity Act (known as AGOA). Countries that qualify for participation in AGOA enjoy favorable treatment, in the form of lower customs duties, for exporting goods to […]

Slavery in Guidimagha

IRA – Mauritanie has reported the enslavement of a mother with five young children. The woman, whose name is Kemmacha, lives in Ould Ramy, which is administered from Wembou (75 kilometers north of Seulibaby in the south-east of the Mauritania).

As the government has only once prosecuted a slave owner, IRA video taped an interview […]

2014 Africa Leaders Summit

From August 4- August 6 the United States welcomes leaders from many African countries to Washington D.C. for a three day summit in hopes of strengthening the ties between the United States and one of the world’s most diverse and fastest growing regions. One of the leaders invited is the president of Mauritania, Mohamed Ould […]

Biram Dah Abeid in Washington D.C.

The President of IRA Mauritania, Biram Dah Abeid is in Washington D.C.

He has been invited to speak at the Tom Lantos Commission on Human Rights hearing on “Modern Day Slavery and What We Buy”

hearing held at the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill, on July 24, 2014.

Biram Dah Abeid, Guest of […]

Campaign of Biram Dah Abeid

Biram Dah Abeid – Campagne électorale – présidentielle 2014 – étape d’Atar

Biram Dah Abeid – Campagne électorale – présidentielle 2014 – étape de Boghé

Woman and Five Children Enslaved in Guidimagha

IRA – Mauritanie has reported the enslavement of a mother with five young children. The woman, whose name is Kemmacha, lives in Ould Ramy, which is administered from Wembou (75 kilometers north of Seulibaby in the south-east of the Mauritania).

As the government has only once prosecuted a slave owner, IRA video taped an interview […]