SiTU: AN END TO SLAVERY

To Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, President of Mauritania, the European Union and all world leaders:

As citizens of the world, we believe that slavery must be entirely abolished in all its forms. We call on you to do everything in your power to ensure anti-slavery leader Biram Dah Abeid and his colleagues are freed immediately and unconditionally, repression of abolitionists stops, legal recognition is given to anti-slavery organisations, and real progress is made to end this human cruelty in Mauritania. We call on the EU to review and suspend European Development Fund payments unless these actions are taken, and all world governments to take urgent action to end the shame of 21st century slavery.