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Mauritanie : en finir avec l’esclavage et l’Etat d’apartheid racial – Mauritanie, Sénégal, Mali et Gambie : en finir avec les castes et le féodalisme, ainsi que toutes les formes d’oppression anciennes et modernes

3 avril 2016, 06:44

Some activists, led by Mr. Abeid, have turned to direct confrontation – protest rallies, hunger strikes, attempts to rescue slaves, even the public burning of traditional religious texts that justify slavery – because of their impatience with the government’s complacency.

Despite the laws and promises, there is no sign of urgency among the governing elite. One senior official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was unauthorized to give interviews, insisted that the criticism of slavery is “out of proportion.” The issue can be “solved through dialogue,” he said.

Asked why Mr. Abeid was imprisoned, he replied : “His fight is right, but his methods are wrong. He is pouring oil on the fire of ethnic divisions.”

The government’s promise of “dialogue” is an empty one, the activists say. If dialogue were possible, they ask, why are the police arresting people at peaceful anti-slavery protests, while ignoring cases of slavery that are brought to their attention ?

Mr. Touré recalls a sympathetic police chief who agreed to investigate a slave-owner. The owner claimed the enslaved woman was his sister, but the police chief knew that to be false. He had the man taken into custody for two days – but then the slave-owner disappeared from his locked cell during the night, clearly with the support of local authorities.

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