Biram Dah Abeid

Biram Dah Abeid
بيرام ولد الداه ولد اعبيدي
Biram Dah Abeid wearing a white shirt, blue tie, and grey blazer, looking intently just right of camera
Abeid in 2019
Deputy of the National Assembly
Assumed office
8 October 2018
Parliamentary group
  • Non-attached
    (Oct. 2018–Jun. 2020)
  • Sawab-APP
    (Jun. 2020–Sep. 2023)
  • Non-attached
    (Sep. 2023–present)
ConstituencyNational list
Personal details
Born
Biram Ould Dah Ould Abeid

(1965-01-12) 12 January 1965 (age 59)
Jidr-El Mouhguen, Trarza, Mauritania
Political partyRAG
Other political
affiliations
Sawab–RAG
OccupationPolitician

Biram Ould Dah Ould Abeid (Arabic: بيرام ولد الداه ولد اعبيدي; born 12 January 1965) is a Mauritanian[1] politician and advocate for the abolition of slavery.[2][3][4][5][6][7] He was listed as one of "10 People Who Changed the World You Might Not Have Heard Of" by PeaceLinkLive in 2014, and by Time magazine as one of the "100 Most Influential People".[8][9] He has also been called the "Mauritanian Nelson Mandela" by online news organisation Middle East Eye.[10]

A leader of the international anti-slavery movement, Abeid has been arrested and imprisoned several times by Mauritanian authorities. His case has been taken up by Irwin Cotler and the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights.[11]

  1. ^ Tzabiras, Marianna (18 June 2019). "Biram Dah Abeid: A profile". IFEX. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Biram Dah Abeid: An interview with a modern-day abolitionist". Slate. 18 December 2013.
  3. ^ "UNPO: IRA President Biram Dah Abeid Wins UN Human Rights Prize". unpo.org.
  4. ^ "U.N. Recognizes Plight of Slaves in Africa; U.S. Must Do More". The Huffington Post. 18 December 2013.
  5. ^ "Critic: Twenty years since Human Rights Act, work only half done". Frost Illustrated.
  6. ^ "December 19 - Thursday". U.S. Department of State.
  7. ^ "Human rights activist to visit Ohio center". South Florida Times. Associated Press. 17 December 2013. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013.
  8. ^ Ponti, Jay. "10 People Who Changed the World You Might Not Have Heard Of". Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  9. ^ "Biram Dah Abeid: The World's 100 Most Influential People". Time. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  10. ^ "Mauritania: the thorn in the side of President Aziz digs deeper". Middle East Eye.
  11. ^ Comment, Full (4 September 2018). "Irwin Cotler and Judith Abitan: Mauritania abolished slavery in 1991, so why is it criminalizing slavery opponents? | National Post". National Post. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

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