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MR: Slavery Still A Problem Despite Antislavery Law
Technically, slavery has been outlawed three times in this northwest African country, most recently in 1981. Mauritania's Islamic government denies it exists beyond rare exceptions. But reports by human rights groups and former slaves like Sabahr suggest otherwise.
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7/12/2004, 21:27
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Re: MR: Slavery Still A Problem Despite Antislavery Law
A journalist in Mauritania has been arrested after interviewing a woman allegedly being kept as a slave, a media rights group says.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in a statement on Tuesday said Muhammad Lamin WaldMahmudi, a freelance journalist, was arrested on Sunday.
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16/3/2005, 8:23
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