article_snippet.sent: A number of countries are closer to abolition, and there are some signs that some countries will be abolitionist by 2015.
article_snippet.sent: (There are) signals of a world that is nearing abolition.
article_snippet.sent: Even though we've highlighted some of the negative developments...
article_snippet.sent: I think we would always highlight that there are positive developments," Gaughran said.