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Photoreportage : Esclave pendant quarante ans en Mauritanie

Whabi, a former female slave from the Haratine ethnic group, now makes a life for herself dying and sewing cloth veils. Mamoudou Lamine Kane
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    En Mauritanie, l’esclavage a été officiellement aboli en 1981 et érigé en crime en 2007. Les membres de l’ethnie haratine, qui ont la peau foncée et étaient traditionnellement réduits en esclavage par les Maures à la peau plus claire, continuent cependant d’être victimes d’actes de discrimination, de violence et d’injustice sociale.

    Grâce à l’aide d’associations locales de défenses des droits de l’homme et à leur volonté à toute épreuve, certaines femmes haratines ont surmonté d’indicibles souffrances et tentent maintenant de se construire une nouvelle vie. Voici cinq témoignages :

    Cliquez ici pour voir le photoreportage d'IRIN avec les témoignages de certaines de ces femmes.


     
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