Mauritania: Help Quash Convictions Against 13 Activists - URGENT ACTION by October 17, 2016

Amnesty International
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. Amnesty International believes that they are prisoners of conscience.

Write a letter, send an email, call, fax or tweet:

• Calling on the authorities to quash the convictions and sentences against the 13 anti-slavery activists and immediately and unconditionally release them as they have been convicted and detained solely for their peaceful human rights work; 
• Urging them to ensure that, pending their release, the activists are not subjected to torture or other ill-treatment and have regular access to their families and a lawyer of their choice and to any medical attention they require; 
• Urging them to ensure that anti-slavery activists and other human rights defenders in Mauritania are able to carry out their legitimate human rights activities free of restrictions and without fear of reprisals
• Urging them not to transfer the prisoners to the prison of Nouadhibou, far from their relatives.

Ambassador HE Mr. Mohamed Lemine El Haycen, Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania to the United Nations
2129 Leroy Place NW, Washington, DC 20008
Fax: 202 319 2623  I  Phone: 212 232 5700/5701  I  Email: mauritania@un.int
Salutation: Dear Ambassador

PresidentGeneral Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
President of the Islamic Republic of
Mauritania
Presidency BP 184 Nouakchott
Mauritania
Fax: +222 45 25 98 01
Salutation: Your Excellency

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 Also see:

•  Mauritania jails 13 anti-slavery activists, August 19, 2016, Aljazeera
•  Mauritanian anti-slavery activists jailed for up to 15 years, Middle East Eye