Slavery is not invisible and it is happening
everywhere so why, and how, does it persist? A new documentary takes a closer look.
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/ 13 September 2011
Four men have been charged with slavery offences after British police freed 24 men from a travellers’ caravan site in England.
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/ 6 September 2011
The recent arrest of anti-slavery protesters in Mauritania has highlighted the fact that slavery is not a relic of the past.
A Mauritanian court has sentenced an anti-slavery activist to three months in prison, while eight others accused of "rebellion" were acquitted.
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/ 22 November 2010
The only place in the world where the East German flag still flies is on the streets of Maputo.
In a quiet moment it’s not hard to imagine the despair of slaves who once laboured at Robben Island.
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/ 27 October 2008
A West African court of justice convicted the state of Niger on Monday for failing to protect a 12-year-old girl from being sold into slavery.
The acrimonious feud between two of Hollywood’s best-known film directors reached a new level of name-calling and accusation at the weekend as Spike Lee invoked America’s bitter legacy of slavery in response to Clint Eastwood’s comments to the Guardian on Friday.