Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/06/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jayanand: We have it in the USA, but it takes a slightly different form here. Mahender and Varsha Sabhnani were convicted last December but have yet to be sentenced: <http://gothamist.com/attachments/jen/2007_05_cruelle.jpg> or: http://tinyurl.com/57tdg6 <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/18/nyregion/18slave.html?_r=1&oref=slogin> or: http://tinyurl.com/5mcpeu <http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=e46927a2-ee55-4847-8079-231e84942dcd&&Headline=Slavery+case%3a+NRI+allowed+to+remain+free+on+bail> or: http://tinyurl.com/5z2hdl Jim Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > Slavery, in the form of trafficking of humans, is alive and well all over > the world, no country is immune. If you think not, look at the dark > underbelly of your own country with dispassionate eyes. > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 9:33 PM, Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie@btinternet.com> > wrote: > > >>Apparently slavery is still extant in Africa, Nigeria for example, despite >>having been illegal for a long time. >> >> >> >>On 17 Jun 2008, at 15:47, Slobodan Dimitrov <s.dimitrov@charter.net> >>wrote: >> >> The image from Kuwait, #4, is utterly disturbing. The two figures in the >> >>>background look to be servants. I'll gladly stand corrected if it is >>>otherwise. I just couldn't get the horrible reputation the area has in how >>>it treats "guest workers" out of my mind when I saw the image. Given that >>>the Arabian peninsula was the last to sign the anti-slavery convention in >>>the 1960's, and kicking and screaming all the way to the table no less, it >>>paints a grim picture. >>> >>> >>>>s.d. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> PESO: >>>> >>>>>This is very interesting: >>>>> >>>>>http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1626519_1373664,00.html >>>>> >>>>>Tina >>>>> >>>>>Tina Manley >>>>>www.tinamanley.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Leica Users Group. >>>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >