A friend just sent this comments privately and wish to share it with all:
 
 
"Samateh,
 
 
..................The jaam naar ,as you know have existed quiet silently in the country.They were permanently in bondage. They were cart drawers,grill masters, tea brewers, watchmen,housekeepers, load carriers and whatever is at the behest of the master for them to execute..................."
 
 
 
For Freedom
Saiks
 
They were permanently homeless,they sleep outside of houses, in front or nearby gutters,on carts, near the fire and so on. There are certain times of day that you never see any Mauritanian shop owner or buisnessman near them.They have all gone to bed and this poor black man will double as a homeless man and a watchman.
The campaign should be extended at home. If these captivated men wish to remain so, then their condition should change according to the laws of The Gambia.
 
> Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 12:55:14 +0100> From: [log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Mauritanian MPs pass slavery law> To: [log in to unmask]> > Mr Jollow,> Thank you for forwarding this very good news.More than have the population of this country are black people.Historians will tell you that the capital of the Ghana Empire is located in this country and yet still black people are subjected to the most brutal form of human oppression.Our leaders could be busy talking of an African unity but the fact that people are enslaved in their own country because of the colour of their skin is a reality that we can never jump over.Arab racism did not only settle to colonise our minds to the extend that even our names sounds funny or mysterious if they are not Arabic or John Brown.When I was a kid it was common to hear that when we die,in the second world we will all be speaking Arabic,sometimes you think that this is correct,since we cannot even pray to God in our own language.> My problem with this law as it has always been,how are the slavemasters,who passed this law going to observe it, one thing I know the struggle of our black brothers and sisters,hardly spoken of,in this country will not be pacify by this pretention.If slavery does not exist in the country why pass a law.> > For Freedom> Saiks > Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 08:08:17 +0000> From: [log in to unmask]> Subject: Mauritanian MPs pass slavery law> To: [log in to unmask]> > Mauritanian MPs pass> slavery law > > Mauritania's parliament has> unanimously passed legislation making the practice of slavery punishable by up> to 10 years in prison. > > The new law also stipulates that anyone found> guilty of promoting or being an apologist for slavery could face two years in jail.> A Mauritanian anti-slavery group, SOS Slavery, welcomed the law as a victory> for the people of Mauritania. 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. Human rights groups say despite official denials the> practice continues and is widespread. > > 'Important change' > > Boubacar Ould Messaoud, leader of SOS Slavery,> said the law was very important for the country. "We have been demanding> this law for a very long time and we are very happy that the National Assembly> has passed this law. "We now have legislation which not only defends> slaves, but punishes the practice of slavery. It is an important change." > > 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. > > Before the new law was passed, the Anti-Slavery> International group welcomed the Mauritanian government's initiative but said> the proposed law was too weak. The group urged the government to include> contemporary aspects of slavery - such as forced marriage, indentured labour or> debt bondage. > > And the organisation said the maximum jail term> should be 30 years and new laws should allow for reparation payments to the> victims. > > Story from BBC NEWS:> > > _________________________________________________________________> Play free games, earn tickets, get cool prizes! Join Live Search Club. > http://club.live.com/home.aspx?icid=CLUB_wlmailtextlink> ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤> To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface> at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html> > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l> To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to:> [log in to unmask]> ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤> _________________________________________________________________> 100’s of Music vouchers to be won with MSN Music> https://www.musicmashup.co.uk/index.html> ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤> To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface> at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html> > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l> To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to:> [log in to unmask]> ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤
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