Biram Dah Abeid
Mauritanian politician and activist (born 1965) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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 Middleeasteye.net.[10]
Biram Dah Abeid | |
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بيرام ولد الداه ولد اعبيدي | |
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Born | Biram Ould Dah Ould Abeid (1965-01-12) 12 January 1965 (age 59) Jidr-El Mouhguen, Mauritania |
Occupation | Politician |
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]