Category Archives: Mauritania
Political Punch-ups
If you’re not fighting, you’re not trying “In a democracy, people usually get the kind of government they deserve, and they deserve what they get.” ~ Hunter Thompson I am allergic to politics and politicians. I can never understand why some people like to fuss and fawn over them. At times it’s almost like hero worship, yet they are supposed to be servants […]
Petition | #HumanRights Org: Stop misconduct of mining companies in #Mauritania
Please sign the petitions on change.org here: https://www.change.org/petitions/mauritanian-human-rights-organization-stop-the-misconduct-of-mining-companies-in-mauritania and on Avaaz here: http://www.avaaz.org/fr/petition/Sauver_la_Mauritanie_de_la_Pollution_Miniere_de_KINROSS_TAZIAZET We need to urge the government to make these mining companies sustain the environment and preserve the landscape for the future generations. These corporation need to assume social responsibility and take a hand into developing the local communities instead of devastating them… We aspire to break the […]
Strike Season in Mauritania
26 Apr 2013 update: video of the workers hearing details of the deal. There are precious few videos of worker protests or meetings in Mauritania. 24 April 2013: Striking dockers in Mauritania gathered outside the ministry of transport. They avoided a replay of this week’s violent police oppression by arriving early in the morning, making […]
The Day That Lost Rights for Women
I find it interesting that March 8th is now “International Women’s Day” – not “International Women’s Rights Day”. This could be a real step forward, to the day when we don’t have “women’s” anything any more. The day when we see that we don’t need it, and that singling out one gender when we only […]
#m25fev Protest: Valuable Lessons
Today’s #m25fev combined protest in Nouakchott scored a massive moral victory over the violence and repression of the ruling military regime. Today was the second anniversary of the mass protest which took place in Mauritania amid the chain of similar uprising across the Arab world that began in late 2010. Once again, crowds rallied in a piece […]
