news and press releases 2007

19/12/07 Fruit picked by enslaved farm workers in Florida

17/12/07 UK pays compensation for victims of trafficking

06/12/07 Anti-Slavery Award winners march against US fast-food giant

09/11/07 International conference on child slavery to be held in 2008

08/11/07 US forced labour activists win UK Anti-Slavery Award
 
01/11/07 Police rescue man trafficked into forced labour in UK first

31/10/07 Two arrested in Mauritania on slavery related charges

25/10/07 Council of Europe trafficking convention enters into force

02/10/07 UN action strengthens the fight to end slavery

26/09/07 Blue Plaque commemorates anti-slavery legend

18/09/07 Indian bonded labour activists arrested

17/09/07 French court finds Burundi ex-minister guilty of slavery

24/08/07 Mayor says sorry for London slave trade role

22/08/09 UK Government plans leave migrant domestics at risk of slavery

22/08/07 New website exposes Transatlantic Slave Trade reality

09/08/07 Mauritania makes slavery a criminal offence

01/08/07 Returned North Korean migrants subjected to forced labour

17/07/07 China sentences 29 in brick kiln forced labour case  

06/07/07 Brazil rescues over 1,000 forced labourers

19/06/07 Five convicted of child trafficking in legal first for Togo  

12/06/07 Over 31,000 people call for action on slavery

11/06/07 Bail denied US couple enslaving domestic workers  

29/05/07 Indian Government restricts women from migrating for domestic work

11/05/07 Slavery trial a first for Thailand

24/04/07 Child camel jockey programme extended

24/04/07 Anti-Slavery International receives medal for ongoing work to end slavery

25/03/07 Mauritanian president moves against slavery

23/03/07 UK Government signs Council of Europe trafficking convention

16/03/07 London photo exhibition puts global slavery into focus

15/03/07 Need for UK Government action on slave trade legacies

15/03/07 Tony Blair apologies for Britain's role in the Slave Trade

07/03/07 Anti-Slavery International helps free trafficked women -- traffickers in court

16/02/07 Leading charities call on governments to act as new photography exhibition exposes UK trafficking reality

23/01/07 Tony Blair announces UK will sign anti-trafficking convention