Anti-Slavery International

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19th Century example of slave treatment: Back deeply scarred from whipping. 21st Century slaves suffer similarly[1][2][3]

Anti-Slavery International is a charity and lobby group, based in the United Kingdom. It was founded as the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society in 1839. It was established to campaign against the modern practice of slavery. It is the UK affiliate of Free the Slaves and works entirely combating Slavery and related abuse.

• The organisation lobbies governments of countries with slavery to act against it.
• The organisation lobbies governments and international agencies to increase the priority of combating slavery.
• The organisation aids research to find out the extent of slavery.
• The organisation works to increase awareness of slavery.
• Anti-Slavery International informs the public that slavery is a real issue today. Their goal is a world without slaves.

Three teams work in Anti-Slavery-International, Programme, Communication and Information.

The Programme team collects relevant information(in cooperation with partners) over central issues, the worst types of Child labour, Debt bondage, Forced labour, Forced marriage, human trafficking and traditional slavery. The team publishes the information and promotes legislation to protect victims.

The Communications Team produces material to educate and promote action including the magazine, ‘The Reporter’. The team lobby governments, the United Nations and the European Union urging them to help end all slavery. The reference library contains material from early in the abolitionist movement to the present day.

The Information Team deals with administration and fundraising among other issues. They publish an annual review and annual accounts.

External links

• Anti-Slavery International homepage
• Free the Slaves
• Aid Watch
• Observatoire de l'action humanitaire
• Photo-story on modern-day slavery in Brazil by photographer Eduardo Martino