US: ICE is deporting Mauritanians back to modern-day slavery
From Freedom United The West African nation of Mauritania has tens of thousands of citizens trapped chattel slavery, with darker-skinned Mauritanians being treated as the property of their lighter-skinned Arab and Berber countrymen. It is for this reason that undocumented…
Can you help free Biram again?
By Joanna Ewart-James, From Freedom United Unbelievably, anti-slavery activist Biram Dah Abeid has been remanded in prison, arrested on the same day he was planning to submit his candidature for the upcoming Mauritanian elections.[1] Add your name to help free Biram!…
After escaping 35 years of slavery, this black Mauritanian woman is running for office
From Face2Face Africa A former slave in Mauritania has put her name on the ballot for the elections in September. Habi Mint Rabah became a slave when she was just five years old and was only released in 2008. “I…
