The ITUC strongly condemns the violent repression by the Mauritanian authorities against trade unionists who gathered together in Nouakchott on 7 October to take part in the World Day for Decent Work (WDDW). While welcoming the success of this global trade union event in a video message, the general secretary of the ITUC, Guy Ryder, also expressed his concern at the news of the violence meted out to Mauritanian trade unionists on 7 October(1).