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'I saw that the system was unjust' - Meet the woman freeing slaves in Mauritania
Salimata Lam is a Mauritanian human rights defender. Image via Amnesty International Spain/Twitter Slavery is a historical practice in Mauritania. It was only abolished in 1981. Currently, more than two in every 100 people — 90,000 in total – live as slaves, said the 2018 Global Slavery Index. For a long time, authorities in Mauritania have denied the presence of modern slavery in the West African country. But activists say that members of the Haratine community in Mauritania, commonly referred to as Oasis-Dwellers and who hail from Black African ethnic groups in the Sahara region, are st...
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