Haratin : IRA-Mauritania President Biram Dah Abeid Meets With UN Special Rapporteur On Contemporary Forms of Slavery
The Special Rapporteur and the President discussed various questions relating to the issue of modern slavery, including obstacles to surmount to achieve full citizenship rights for all castes that still suffer from slavery in the North African country. The Haratin still face modern forms of slavery. Inroads are being made with IRA-Mauritania recently organising a summit that convened anti-slavery...