UN urges independent investigation for jailed Mauritanian anti-slavery activists

The United Nations human rights office today expressed “deep concern” over judicial proceedings under way in Mauritania against members of two civil society groups, including the anti-slavery Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement, who have been held since November last year after a demonstration in the southwest of the country.

© Nations Unies - mardi 10 mars 2015