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Subject: [Leica] What the World Eats
From: Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)
Date: Tue Jun 17 10:00:48 2008
References: <200806161617.ARL74426@rg4.comporium.net> <003201c8d047$2be82a30$9800000a@eigenaarac8c70> <5CA3C7C8-E5D0-45A4-8EA7-71A5B9D36DD8@charter.net> <3988AA08-F209-4ECB-9638-09BECD1D9B50@btinternet.com> <3cad89990806170916j59bd74f5q13e587921032f84d@mail.gmail.com>

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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
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