On 3 September 2012, human rights defender Mr Biram Ould Dah Ould Abeid and six of his colleagues were released on bail. All seven individuals are members of the Initiative pour la Résurgence du Mouvement Abolitionniste en Mauritanie – IRA (Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement in Mauritania), an organisation working for the eradication of slavery in Mauritania.
A trial in which human rights defender Mr Biram Ould Dah Ould Abeid and six other colleagues are accused of “threatening state security” is scheduled to open on 27 June 2012.
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