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Letter: Hold states to account for slavery

Published 24 February 2016

From Jerry Hershberg

I agree with Kevin Bales that slavery is evil and destructive to the environment (6 February, p 24). But I am frustrated by the lack of details in his piece. He takes seafood processing camps in the Sundarbans World Heritage Site as an example. Is he referring to sites in Bangladesh or in India, where I understand slavery is even worse?

What kind of slavery is it? How many are there? Why aren't states held responsible for allowing it?

Torrance, California, US

Issue no. 3062 published 27 February 2016

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