Rights groups urge Mauritania to free anti-slavery protesters
Four percent of Mauritanians are hereditary slaves, putting the country top of the slavery index
Doctor, dead girl's father acquitted in Egypt's first FGM trial
Egypt banned FGM in 2008, but it is still widely practised and over 90% of women have undergone it
FEATURE-Transgender activists seek laws, acceptance, to combat violence
Hundreds of transgender people are killed every year and many live in constant fear of abuse, assault and alienation
Businesses are key to ending slavery and its $150 billion profit - campaigners
Businesses, with their vast purchasing power, can do much to end slavery by monitoring their supply chains
Shareholders, governments must do more to tackle forced labour - Calvert
"It is not acceptable in the 21st century world to tolerate supply chains that abuse labour and human rights"
INTERVIEW-Fight poverty to end modern slavery, Nobel laureate Yunus says
It's lack of quality of life that makes people vulnerable to trafficking, microcredit guru says
New UK anti-slavery chief apologises for police treatment of victim
Sex trafficking victims will get better treatment in Britain as police, courts understand their plight
Ebay founder Omidyar commits $50 mln to combating global slavery
Foundation established by Omidyar and his wife set up fund to raise at least $100 mln to combat modern slavery
Nobel peace laureate Satyarthi says failure to end slavery is global sin
"We have to build a civil rights movement against slavery," Satyarthi tells Trust Women conference
FEATURE-Former sex slave's nightmare continues long after freedom
Hoa suffers memory loss, depression, recurrent nightmares and an inability to concentrate