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| Arafat child slavery trial opens in Mauritania |
| 2011-01-13 |
| [Maghrebia] Three Mauritanian women went on trial in Nouakchott on Tuesday (January 11th) for allegedly holding two girls, ages 10 and 14, as slaves in the city's Arafat neighbourhood, ANI reported. Alleged slave-owner Oumouloumnin Mint Brahim Vall and the girls' mothers are charged with exploitation of minors. Last Thursday, the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Abolitionist Movement (IRA) head Biram Ould Dah Ould Abeid and other IRA members were sentenced to six months in prison, for taking part in an unauthorised rally over the case. According to Mauritanian NGO SOS Esclaves and other international monitors, slavery practices persist in Mauritania. |
| Posted by:Fred |