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| Mauritania: 3 women on trial for child abuse |
| 2011-01-17 |
| [Ennahar] The Nouakchott juvenile court has sentenced on Sunday, three women to prison for the "exploitation" of two children aged 10 and 14, whose situation has been denounced by activists against slavery. The woman with whom lived the two children, Oumoulmoumnine mint Bakar Vall, was found guilty of "exploitation of minors in violation of the laws of Mauritania" and sentenced to six months in prison. The court also sentenced the mother of two daughters, Aicha Mint Haboud and Fatimetou Mint Mahmoud, to six-month suspended sentence. Both mothers had been brought from their village near Rosso (200 km south of the capital) for the trial. They were accused of having "put their daughters to earn money" and they were prosecuted for "negligence" and "participation in the exploitation of minors." |
| Posted by:Fred |