Anne Keehn is the 2010 Zimmerman Fellow at Free the Slaves. Her experience in media and journalism includes a position as Managing Editor at Shepard Fairey's Swindle magazine, Community Manager at Mahalo, and intern extraordinaire at Haaretz.com. Before coming to Free the Slaves, Anne worked with the LA-based Coaltion to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking. She is the founder and editor of the FTS Blog. anne.keehn@freetheslaves.net
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SLAVERY IN SUPPLY CHAINS The problem: Slavery in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It’s the deadliest spot in the poorest continent on earth. Millions have died in the conflict between rebel militias and the national army. At stake: vast mineral wealth and control of slaves who are forced to work in and round the mines. Free the Slaves investigators have found at least seven different types of slavery around Congo mines—including sexual... Read More
Petitions by Change.org|Start a Petition » Tell Obama & Clinton: Appoint a Special Envoy to Congo! Tell the U.S. government to make peace in Congo a priority. It’s the deadliest spot in the poorest continent on earth. Millions have died during the conflict between warring rebel militias and the national army. At stake: vast mineral wealth and control of slaves who are forced to work the mines. Slave labor fuels the fighting and... Read More
Leonardo Sakamoto, President of Reporter Brasil won the 2008 Harriet Tubman Freedom Award for his groundbreaking anti-slavery work. Brazilian anti-slavery activist, and 2008 Freedom Award winner Leonardo Sakamoto runs a popular and influential blog on modern-day slavery, which has been nominated for a Deutche Welle International Blog Award, otherwise known as the BOBs. The award is given to “11 websites in 11 languages that champion the open... Read More
The State Department has responded to the letter, co-signed earlier this month by Free the Slaves, urging immediate implementation of the conflict minerals law (PDF). Their response: “we do not support a delay” in the implementation of the law. The conflict minerals law was signed into action late last year. Bundled in with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform act, the law requires companies to disclose to the Securities and Exchange Commission... Read More
