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

July 14th, 2016 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: anti-slavery protest, Biram Dah Abeid, Brahim Bilal Ramdane, Brahim Bilal Ramdhane, human rights defender, human rights defenders, imprisonment, IRA Mauritanie, IRA USA | Leave a comment

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 […]

July 3rd, 2016 | Tags: , , , | Category: anti-slavery protest, Biram Dah Abeid, Brahim Bilal Ramdane, Brahim Bilal Ramdhane, Haratine, human rights defender, human rights defenders, imprisonment, IRA Mauritanie, IRA USA, modern slavery, solidarity, U.S. Department of State Trafficking | Leave a comment

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 […]

March 2nd, 2016 | Tags: , , , | Category: anti-slavery protest, Biram Dah Abeid, Brahim Bilal Ramdane, Brahim Bilal Ramdhane, Caravan, land conflict, land expropriation, land slavery, Slavery | Leave a comment

IRA Wins Tulip Human Rights Prize

We are extremely proud to announce that IRA – Mauritanie, our partner organization in the struggle against slavery, racism and gender oppression, won the Human Rights Tulip from the Dutch government.

The President of IRA, Biram Dah Abeid, is still in prison for his anti-slavery work, so Abidine Merzough accepted the award in his […]

January 24th, 2016 | Tags: , , | Category: Biram Dah Abeid, human rights defender, IRA Mauritanie, modern slavery, Slavery, Tulip prize | 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

Castes, Feudalism, Slavery

IRA is dedicated to ending slavery, racism and gender oppression in Mauritania. IRA has put slavery on the front pages of Mauritanian and international news sources. IRA is dedicated to fighting slavery in every part of Mauritanian society.

Black African tribes in Mauritania include the Pular (also called Fulani), the Soninke, the Wolof, and the […]

August 28th, 2015 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Biram Dah Abeid, IRA Mauritanie, IRA USA, Slavery, Soninke | Leave a comment