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On this Anti-Slavery Day, we remember all those who have experienced enslavement, in the present day and the past, and we re-commit ourselves to ensuring freedom for all.

This year we invite you to the '100 Years of the Slavery Convention' exhibition. Through Anti-Slavery International's archival and contemporary material, and contributions from partner organisations, the exhibition explores the relationship between historical and modern forms of exploitation in slavery.

📍Friends House, 173 Euston Rd, London NW1 2AE
📅13 October to 2 November 2026
🕰️ Open for viewing Monday to Friday, 8am-5pm

⚠️ Some content may be emotionally challenging. We encourage visitors to engage with the exhibition at their own pace and to take breaks if needed.

#AntiSlaveryDay #AntiSlaveryWeek #CentenaryExhibition #HumanRights #ModernSlavery #SlaveryNeverEnded by @antislaveryinternational

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Our second Black History Month partner spotlight is @workersrightswatch_ke, a Kenya-based NGO championing workers' rights.

Founded in 2000, Workers’ Rights Watch (WRW) works to protect workers across all sectors from harm and promotes dignity and respect in the workplace. Using training workshops and forums that empower and enlighten workers about their labour rights and responsibilities, WRW also campaigns against sexual harassment, exploitation, and gender-based violence in Kenya's horticultural sector.

🔗 Visit their website via the #LinkInBio to learn more about how WRW aim to realise a working world free from labour rights violations

#Abolition #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth #HumanRights #ModernSlavery #WorkersRightsWatch by @antislaveryinternational

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Last month, on the 25th of September, the world marked the centenary of the adoption of the 1926 UN Slavery Convention.

This Anti-Slavery Week, we invite you to our exhibition, '100 Years of the Slavery Convention.'

Through Anti-Slavery International's archival and contemporary material, and contributions from partner organisations, the exhibition explores the relationship between historical and modern forms of exploitation in slavery.

📍Friends House, 173 Euston Rd, London NW1 2AE
📅13 October to 2 November 2026
🕰️ Open for viewing Monday to Friday, 8am-5pm

⚠️ Some content may be emotionally challenging. We encourage visitors to engage with the exhibition at their own pace and to take breaks if needed.

#CentenaryExhibition #AntiSlaveryDay #AntiSlaveryWeek by @antislaveryinternational

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On October 13th, the UN General Assembly will vote for Human Rights Council members for the 2027-2029 term. The government of Kuwait is running for one of four seats for the Asia-Pacific region. Since there are only four candidates for these seats, Kuwait is certain to be elected, no matter its human rights record.

This is an important moment to place scrutiny on the Government of Kuwait’s record on migrant worker rights, which remains concerning.

Read the scorecard explaining Kuwait’s human rights record in relation to migrant workers👉 by @antislaveryinternational

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6 days ago

WORLD COTTON DAY

Uyghur forced labour is in our supply chains. The UK must act.

The Uyghur Region produces approximately 23% of the world’s cotton, and research estimates that 1 in 5 garments globally are at risk of being tainted by Uyghur forced labour.

In 2024, @glanlaw & @uyghurcongress won a landmark Court of Appeal case concerning cotton linked to Uyghur forced labour. The judgment confirmed that goods connected to criminal conduct can constitute criminal or recoverable property under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, even where they were purchased at market value. However, more than two years later, the ruling still needs to be properly enforced.

UK authorities must do more to ensure that goods linked to forced labour do not enter our supply chains.

You can help.

We are calling on people across the UK to write to their MP and ask them to raise the issue of Uyghur forced labour in Parliament.

It could not be easier. The email is already drafted. You can send it as written or edit it to make it your own, then send it to your MP in just a few clicks.

Take action today: https://glanlaw.good.do/stopforcedlabour/stop-uyghur-forced-labour/

@rahimamahmut
@stopforcedlabour
@uyghurcongress
@uyghurs_uk
@uk_anti_slavery_commissioner
@antislaveryinternational by @antislaveryinternational

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11 days ago

Have you heard Maya’s story?

She was trafficked into a scam compound and is being forced to carry out scams under threat of violence.

Maya is fictional, but the exploitation is real.

We can’t let this go on. Together, we can expose the exploitation, demand action and help protect people from modern slavery.

Forced labour in scam centres is becoming a global crisis.

Hundreds of thousands of people are estimated to have been forced into online criminality across Southeast Asia and beyond. 

💙 Donate to our urgent appeal on our website today to help combat this growing crisis by @antislaveryinternational

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This Black History Month, we're spotlighting organisations like SOS Esclaves that have been fighting tirelessly to end slavery for good.

Co-founded in 1995 by Abdel Nasser Ould Ethmane and the late Boubacar Ould Messaoud, SOS Esclaves is one of Mauritania’s first organisations dedicated to exposing and ending slavery.

Speaking openly about slavery carried enormous risks. Yet under Boubacar’s leadership, SOS Esclaves pushed relentlessly for legal reform. The organisation played a central role in the criminalisation of slavery in 2007, bringing international attention to an issue long hidden from view.

🔗 Visit SOS Esclaves' page via the #LinkInBio to learn more about their work.

#Abolition #BHM #BlackHistoryMonth #HumanRights #ModernSlavery #SOSEsclaves by @antislaveryinternational

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25 September 2026 marks the centenary of the 1926 Slavery Convention.

100 years on, 99 States have ratified the Convention. The Convention required countries to prevent slave trade in their waters, and abolish laws that allowed for enslavement.

But what did the Convention mean, in reality, for the abolition of slavery? And why is it that 50 million people are still in slavery today, 100 years after the Convention?

This cannot be a symbolic commemoration when the de facto prohibition of slavery remains incomplete. It must be a turning point and a defining global moment for accountability, political commitment, and corporate responsibility.

🔗 Read our Centenary blog to learn more about the 1926 Slavery Convention via the #LinkInBio

#HumanRights #ModernSlavery #SlaveryConvention #1926SlaveryConvention by @antislaveryinternational

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A job opportunity. A good salary. The chance to build a future. 
 
For some people, that promise becomes a trap.
 
They accept what appears to be a legitimate job, only to be trafficked into an online scam centre.
 
Their passport may be taken. They may be held against their will and forced to scam people online.
 
If they refuse, they can face threats, violence, punishment or further trafficking.

Will you join us in exposing this new modern slavery crisis?

💙 Donate to our urgent appeal on our website today to help combat this growing crisis by @antislaveryinternational

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The September London Fashion Week begins today. But behind the glitz and glam, we must also remember what is often hidden behind our favourite clothes: forced labour.

Garment production is one of the world's biggest and most labour-intensive manufacturing industries. Exploitative and extractive business practices are common in many fashion companies, from fast fashion to luxury brands. 

But it doesn't have to be this way.

This Fashion Week, let's think forward to a better world, where the fashion industry is free from modern slavery, because forced labour is never in fashion.

🔗 #LinkInBio to read our article on the hidden cost of fashion by @antislaveryinternational

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Today, the Immigration and Asylum Bill returned for its committee stage in Parliament. The Bill is a missed opportunity to improve the UK’s efforts to prevent modern slavery and support survivors.

As the centenary of the 1926 Slavery Convention approaches, we ask the UK Government, instead of this Bill, how about progressing towards a world free from slavery by committing to a Modern Slavery Act 2027 that promotes responsible business, supports survivors and aligns our laws with our values as a society?

🔗 Read the latest from Anti-Slavery International’s CEO on what we actually need to take concrete steps toward ending modern slavery via the #LinkInBio

#HumanRights #ImmigrationAndAsylumBill #ModernSlavery by @antislaveryinternational

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“We are at risk of becoming a dumping ground for the world's goods made with forced labour.”

Today in the @ukparliament, the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner, Eleanor Lyons, highlighted serious shortcomings in the UK’s efforts to tackle modern slavery and forced labour.

Disclosure alone is not enough to stop products made with forced labour from entering the UK en masse.

Forced labour is not an abstract risk. Uyghurs and other Turkic and Muslim peoples in the Uyghur Region continue to be subjected to state-imposed forced labour.

The UK needs a standalone forced labour import ban.

@rahimamahmut
@uk_anti_slavery_commissioner
@antislaveryinternational
@uyghurcongress
@uyghuryouth_initiative
@uyghur_project
@stopforcedlabour by @antislaveryinternational

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