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
Amadou Tidjane Diop spoke with IRA USA today from his prison cell in Dar Na-im prison, Nouakchott. Dar Na-im is the general prison for violent offenders. He reports that he was not beaten, but many among the IRA prisoners suffered immensely from repeated beatings by the police.
The IRA prisoners were brought to court in […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Maison des Esclaves / House of Hope video
M’Barka is a former slave who lives with Biram Dah Abeid’s family
Please Note: due to political conditions in Mauritania, notably the arrest of anti-slavery activists & heavy prison sentences meted out, Our Maison des Esclaves is now on hold indefinitely.
Our […]
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 […]
IRA – USA fights against slavery, racism, and gender oppression in Mauritania. The founding board members include Biram Dah Abeid (honorary president of IRA – USA), Bakary Tandia, Jerry Herman, Sykam Sy, and Alice Bullard.
We work directly and on a daily basis with Biram Dah Abeid’s organization, IRA – Mauritanie.
Our activities include:
freeing […]