Human Rights militants need credibility

on September 8,2017, a group of American nationals ,claiming to belong
to an American human rights organization whose main purpose is ,it
seems, to combat slavery, particularly in Mauritania, This
organization said to be linked to the aging American priest,Rverent
Jessy Jackson ,having been soaked with gross falsehood about a
supposedly festering slavery in Mauritania, was manipulated into
undertaking unilaterally an exploratory visit to Mauritania so as to
see for themselves the extent of the phenomenon of slavery in the
country in particular ,the purported markets where slaves are supposed
to be auctioned, as well as the wholesale houses slaves are stuffed
in, before being led to the slaves market to be sold into bondage to
slaves merchants…These ridiculous disinformation are the ones that
were systematically fed by some Mauritanian unscrupulous lies
peddlers, to certain American NGOs that are either simpleminded and
gullible or desperately in need for a noble cause to devote themselves
to and to raise funds for .What one can’t help frowning at, in this
respect, is the fact that these American human rights activists, have
refused to let known in due time to the Mauritanian Authorities the
program of their visit, prior to their entry into the country and have
deliberately neglected to heed the advice of the security officials
not to enter the country before having complied with the required
regulations everybody ought to go by in Mauritania .
This abnormal behavior calls for a number of observations that should
be stated here for everybody to know:
-It is unworthy of a hitherto respectable person such as Reverent
Jessy Jackson to let himself be easily mystified by flippant
extremists whose credibility is next to none both in Mauritania and
elsewhere, without appropriate caution and thorough investigation when
supplied with debious improbable information .He should have known
better and have had a sharper critical mind as this attitude suits
much better his noble motivations while the lack of it is liable to
stain his established reputation
and dent his time honored respectability.
– American citizens and any other citizens for that matter, ,be they
human rights militants or otherwise, should bear in mind that
Mauritania is a sovereign state that has its laws and regulations
,that none ,whoever it may be, can’t take lightly .For the country is
not a “windmill” (un Moulin à vent) open to all and a sundry without
any check or control.
Besides the Mauritanian Authorities can never be browbeaten,
intimidated or dictated to by anyone .This much everybody should keep
in mind.
– Mauritania is a country that enjoys political stability, it does not
know the outbursts of violence and the devastating riots and bloodshed
that rock now and then many countries including the USA.
-If the mentioned human rights activists who have attempted last week
to force their way into our country, and if those who sponsor them
back home ,are seeking a righteous and philanthropic cause to devote
themselves to and have credit for, they should adopt a rational order
of priority .Thus instead of putting on the top of their agenda the
sequalaes and the side effects of the receding phenomenon of slavery
in Mauritania, which is actually being steadily combatted by the
country authorities along with its genuine and bonafida national
NGOs.They logically ,should have devoted their efforts and strives to
the more urgent and truly preoccupying situation of the black
Americans along with the indigenous Indians ( who are on the verge of
extinction), the Latinos and the Asian Americans that indiscriminately
suffer from ostracism, marginalization and stark racism. Interwoven,
these factors lead unavoidably to utter pauperization, dire poverty
and bleak wretchedness which are the factors at the roots of the
recurrent bloody outbursts of violence that rocked:
– Missouri in 2014,
– Charleston, South Carolina in 2015,
– Baton Rouge, Falcon Heights and Dallas in 2016 that had left
hundreds of deaths and casualties among the African American citizens.
What is worst in this connection, is that according to a report
published in August 2010 by US HUMAN RIGHTS NETWORK, racism pervades
all the walks of life in the USA and stretches to most of the local
communities.

Besides some American statistics revealed that the rate of
unemployment among the blacks reaches 15.5 % that is to say twice the
rate thereof among white citizens.

Moreover some studies show very disturbing facts indeed namely that
40% of black American males are in prison and that 1 out of 3 black
men are behind bars.

As a matter of fact ,the other American minorities are not any better
than their black fellow citizens.
This alarming situation calls for all the American human rights
activists including of course those who came to Mauritania to
dismantle the slaves markets that they were certain they exist given
the sustained tendentious propaganda they were bombarded with for a
long time .such situation, I said , calls for all these well
intentioned and benevolent militants to stop wasting their precious
time in a Don quixotic combat and to join hands instead with
responsible and serious minded human rights militants in America to
improve the fate of millions of American underdogs ,the majority of
whom belongs to the black community.They would have , thereby, engaged
in a more useful , constructive and hence ,praiseworthy endeavor.

Dr.Mouhamed Lemine Ould EL KETTAB