[BBC news] Mauritanian MPs pass slavery law 2007.7.9...Mauritania's parliament has unanimously passed legislation making the practice of slavery punishable by up to 10 years in prison....(중략)...Slavery persists in parts of Mauritania even though it was banned in 1981. A presidential decree abolished the practice, which has existed for centuries in Mauritania, but no criminal laws were passed to enforce the ban.(이하생략)
[BBC news] Mauritanian MPs pass slavery law 2007.7.9......SOS Slavery says there could be up to 600,000 slaves - many of them used as bonded labour - in Mauritania. That would add up to 20% of the population although the BBC's Ed Horton says those figures are difficult to verify....(이하생략)
