Maneuvers against combating slavery denounced During the national week of combating slave labor, to be held from 27 January to 3 February, the Reporter Brazil, the Pastoral Land Commission and Walk Free, along with different organizations from all over the country, are preparing a campaign to draw attention to the attempts to weaken the fight against this practice. In Congress, lawmakers attached to Countertop Ruralist come trying to change legislation to mischaracterize what is slave labor. At the end of last year, such Congressmen have conditioned approval in the Senate of the proposed constitutional amendment 57A/99, the PEC of slave labor, the change in the definition of the concept of slavery. The report is the Reporter Brazil, Pastoral Land Commission and Walk Free and published by the Reporter Brazil, 1/27/2014. Today, the crime of subjecting people to slavery is defined by article 149 of the Penal Code, which provides that such exploitation may be characterized by forced labor, by systematic degrading conditions submission and exhaustive days, and by debt bondage. The ruralists want to change the law and limit the definition of slavery to cases in which there is direct physical threats and violence, ignoring the cases of human degradation, unfortunately still applicants in the country. ihu.unisinos.br/noticias/527692-manobras-contra-combate-a-escravidao-denunciadas
Posted on: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 02:40:56 +0000
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