13 anti-slavery activists sentenced in Mauritania

Thirteen anti-slavery activists in Mauritania were sentenced to between three and 15 years in prison on Thursday, despite criticism of the case against them by international rights groups. A court in the capital Nouakchott found the 13 – members of a group fighting hereditary slavery in the west African country – guilty of "use of violence", but Amnesty International has said they were falsely accused because of their advocacy work.