On 1 and 2 May 2018, in Geneva, Switzerland, the Islamic Republic of Mauritania was under the review of the United Nations' (UN) Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The experts of the committee, along with representatives of the civil society including a representation of the UNPO, gave their account and issued recommendations pertaining to racism in the country. Racial discrimination...
On 1 and 2 May 2018, in Geneva, Switzerland, the Islamic Republic of Mauritania was under the review of the United Nations' (UN) Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The experts of the...
The IMF has recently approved to lend 163 million dollars to Mauritania in order to improve living standards in the country. Following this decision, US Congressmen have sent a letter to the Head of the...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) published in February 2018 a detailed report on the very difficult conditions Mauritanian civil society organizations operate in. Mauritanian ethnic minorities such as the Haratins,...
On 18 February 2018, a peaceful march organised by the anti-slavery IRA movement in Nouakchott, Mauritania, ended in violence at the hands of police, who used tear gas and excessive force on demonstrators....
On Friday 26 January 2018, the African Union’s ruling sentenced Mauritania to seriously address and rectify the historical practice of hereditary slavery which, under an inefficient legal system,...
Photo Courtesy of Erika Wittlieb @Pixabay On Monday 15 January 2018, UNPO Member the Initiative for the Resurgence of Abolitionism (IRA) in Mauritania organised a pacific march in Nouakchott to protest...
Photo courtesy of Celina Sky @Flickt On Tuesday 2 January 2018, nine members of the Initiative for the Resurgence of Abolitionism in Mauritania (IRA) were arrested when a peaceful protest in Nouakchott...
Photo courtesy of Magharebia Following recent reports about slavery in Libya, international anti-slavery movements have paid increased attention to the situation in Mauritania. For years, abolishment...
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