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<p>The British Government continues to make representations on human rights concerns
at the highest levels with the Mauritanian government. Most recently, the Head of
the British Office in Nouakchott raised slavery and detention of the Initiative for
the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement Mauritania activists with the Mauritanian
Prime Minister and eight other ministers in a meeting alongside EU Heads of Mission
on 9 December 2016.</p><p>Ministers and officials have also met recently with anti-slavery
activists to discuss treatment of human rights defenders. On Tuesday 6 December 2016,
Baroness Anelay of St Johns met with the UN Special Rapporteur on Slavery, Ms Urmila
Bhoola, and the Mauritanian anti-slavery activist, Biram Dah Abeid to discuss concerns
about slavery in Mauritania. Officials in Nouakchott also met with Mauritanian human
rights campaigners from SOS Esclaves in the same month.</p>
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