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Urgent Action Good News: Charges against Mauritanian bloggers dropped
Bloggers Cheikh Jiddou and Abderrahmane Weddady had their case dismissed after a judge dropped all charges against them.
Urgent action outcomes 23 Aug 2019 -
Urgent Action update: Bloggers freed on bail still facing charges
Bloggers Cheikh Ould Jiddou and Abderrahmane Weddady are still facing charges in spite of their release on 3 June.
Urgent action outcomes 21 Jun 2019 -
Urgent Action: Bloggers held for condemning corruption
Bloggers Cheikh Jiddou and Abderrahmane Weddady were arbitrarily arrested on 22 March in Nouakchott.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Apr 2019 -
Urgent Action outcome: Mauritanian anti-slavery activists released
Two anti-slavery activists Biram Dah Abeid and Abdellahi el Housein Mesoud were released from Nouakchott civil Prison.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Feb 2019 -
Urgent Action: Anti-slavery activists arbitrarily detained in Mauritania
2 members of the anti-slavery organization IRA were arbitrarily arrested. They were charged and denied access to lawyers.
Urgent action outcomes 10 Sep 2018 -
Urgent Action update: Thirteen anti-slavery activists convicted in Mauritania
13 Mauritanian anti-slavery activists who are members of the anti-slavery organization Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement in Mauritania (IRA) have been sentenced to between three and 15 years in prison.
Urgent action outcomes 06 Sep 2016 -
Mauritania: Drop all charges and release anti-slavery activistsPress release 01 Aug 2016
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Urgent Action Update: 13 activists charged, held incommunicado in Mauritania
Four more activists from the anti-slavery organization Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement in Mauritania (IRA) were arrested on 8 and 9 July, just days after the arrest of nine others.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Jul 2016 -
Urgent Action: Nine anti-slavery activists held incommunicado in Mauritania
Nine members of the anti-slavery organization Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement in Mauritania (IRA) have been in incommunicado detention since their arrests.
Urgent action outcomes 19 Jul 2016 -
Mauritania urged to revoke anti-slavery activists sentencingPress release 23 Aug 2011
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Anti-slavery campaigner arrested in MauritaniaBlog post 04 Jan 2011
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Mauritania: State torture 'routine'-scathing new reportPress release 03 Dec 2008
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Mauritania: Amnesty exposes overcrowding and ill-treatment at 'little Guantánamo'Press release 30 Jun 2008