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18 October 2011

Mike Leigh, the director of Another Year, Vera Drake and Happy-Go-Lucky, has made a passionate call for the British people to take part in the ongoing fight to end slavery across the world.

Speaking especially for Anti-Slavery Day (Tuesday 18 October), the award-winning film director and writer, said: “Slavery is a terrible crime against humanity, and it needs everyone in society to play a part in eradicating it. It needs to be abolished, because every human being should be allowed to live and work in safety, with dignity, choice and freedom, and to get justice if they are not. And because every human being’s life is beyond price. I urge you to join with Anti-Slavery International in its work to help stop it in all its forms throughout the world.”

Anti-Slavery Day was established by Parliament in 2010 to provide a focal point for raising awareness about the many people in the UK and around the world who continue to be trapped in modern slavery, and to promote the need for individuals and organisations across society to play a part in ending it.

Across the country, there are a series of events to raise awareness of slavery for Anti-Slavery Day. For a full list visit: www.antislaveryday.org.uk.

Anti-Slavery Day Inaugural Young People’s Conference
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