a country where 20% of the population are slaves

[AlpinePony]

edition.cnn.com/interactive/2012/03/world/mauritania.slaverys.last.stronghold/index.html

I have 'sat' on this article for a few weeks, not knowing if it were voyeuristic in some manner, especially as it came out the same time as the north Korea one - but I know so many of you love keeping up with what's going on in the world. It's long and harrowing, be warned.

fucking hell, I can't get past the first paragraph - should have heeded your warning

thanks for posting it though

Fascinating read if you can stomach it.

I hope this gets some serious press coverage, what a harrowing read

Thank you for posting that.

Really appalling.

Utterly dreadful.

Bloody hell that is appalling. How is it that most of the world, including me, is unaware of this? That is shocking. Why is the international community not doing anything about it? This has upset me very much.

The reason for my short response is that I think there is slavery in many otherr parts of the world, but that it is much more hidden or called something different or explained away as "tradition" and so on.

I suspect that as appalling as this is there are other countries with a similar % of people living as slaves in all but name.

I don't really know what to say - but want to thank you for posting and hope many more people will read.... I doubt though that it will generate even 10% of the number of posts discussing why we wouldn't like to have pretty friends (or would as the case may be)

Thank you for the link.... What a shockingly awful story, situation, affliction? I'm a bit speechless. It's really got me thinking, and I'm struggling to articulate

Why is nothing being done?

Utterly awful. I have ensured my friends know about this

Thanks for posting this. Its harrowing just to read and I have no way of understanding what these people are going through. It is incomprehensible. It is a nightmare. I'm lost for words, sorry.