[5] The group has been involved in sit-ins in front of the justice ministry, hunger strikes, and marches through cities and towns around Mauritania.
[5] According to Abeid, the group moved on to more direct action in its protests because, "whenever we brought a slavery case to the police, they would release the slave owner."
In 2010 and 2011, the group won a "seminal victory" when it gathered in front of the house of an alleged slave owner and demanded the police arrest him.
Though the jailings were often only for brief terms, allegedly, the release of "thousands of slaves" (called "Biram Frees") by fearful owners ensued.
The government has persuaded other activists to leave the movement, threatening them or winning them over with lucrative state jobs.