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Date: 1995 - 2005 [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]
Region: Africa [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|{location3}]]
Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]
Medium: Film Video [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]
Artist: Boubacar Ould Messaoud, Maitre Brahim Ould Ebetty, Professor Cheik Saad Bouh Kamara and Abdel Nasser Ould Ethmane
Confronting Bodies: Mauritanian government
Dates of Action: January 1998
Location: Mauritania, and France
Description of Artwork: A documentary about slavery in Mauritania.
The Incident: All four men were charged with creating a "non-authorized association" and spreading "false information," in the production of their documentary, that aired on French television.
Results of Incident: Messaoud, Ebetty and Kamara were arrested in Mauritania and Ethmane was charged in absentia, because he lives in France.
Source: Index on Censorship, 2/97 [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]]
