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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (Libya) [ Country-by-Country
Reports ] The Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab
Jamahiriya [map] is a N African republic bordered by Algeria (W), by Tunisia
(NW), by the Mediterranean Sea (N), by Egypt (E), by Sudan (SE), and by Libya is a transit and destination country
for men and women from sub-Saharan Africa and Asia trafficked for the
purposes of forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation. While most
foreigners in Libya are economic migrants, in some cases large smuggling
debts of $500-$2,000 and illegal status leave them vulnerable to various
forms of coercion, resulting in cases of forced prostitution and forced
labor. As in previous years, there were isolated reports that women from
sub-Saharan Africa were trafficked to Libya for the purposes of commercial
sexual exploitation. Although precise figures are unavailable, foreign
observers estimate that approximately one to two percent of Libya’s 1.5 to 2
million foreigners may be victims of trafficking. - U.S. State
Dept Trafficking in Persons Report, June, 2008 [full country report] |
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CAUTION: The following links have been
culled from the web to illuminate the situation in *** FEATURED
ARTICLE *** Libya's "UN-Human" Rights Record jmm.aaa.net.au/articles/10638.htm frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=%7bD96431E8-959E-48FA-A196-904B46581CFB%7d Many of you are aware of the plight
of southern Sudanese who are enslaved in Sudan. Most of you are probably not
aware that some of these slaves end up in Libya and are sold into bondage.
The Libyan government has not put a stop to these practices and, with Libya's
dismal human rights record, we are hardly surprised. ***
ARCHIVES *** Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS – Women were
trafficked through the country from Africa to Concluding
Observations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2003 [43] The Committee is concerned
about reports of trafficking of children to the State party for the purposes
of prostitution and slavery. The
Committee is concerned that there is a lack of information and awareness of
the trafficking and prostitution of children. Reports on
the Use of Child Soldiers — 2003 LIBYA - Despite the Penal Code's prohibition on slavery,
citizens have been implicated in the purchase of Sudanese slaves, mainly
southern Sudanese women and children, who were captured by Sudanese
government troops in the ongoing civil war in Sudan. The Protection Project - Libya [DOC] FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE
TRAFFICKING INFRASTRUCTURE - Libya’s location on the southern Mediterranean coast makes it an
ideal transit country for traffickers or smugglers on their way to Europe.
Libya’s long and unpoliced desert borders allow
people from African countries to be brought into the country undetected, and Libya’s
2,000-kilometer northern coastal border allows traffickers direct sea access
to Europe. Freedom
House Country Report - Political Rights: 7 Civil Liberties: 7 Status: Not Free Human Rights Overview
by Human Rights Watch – Defending Human Rights Worldwide U.S. Library of Congress
- Country Study Libya's "UN-Human" Rights Record jmm.aaa.net.au/articles/10638.htm frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=%7bD96431E8-959E-48FA-A196-904B46581CFB%7d Many of you are aware of the
plight of southern Sudanese who are enslaved in Sudan. Most of you are
probably not aware that some of these slaves end up in Libya and are sold
into bondage. The Libyan government has not put a stop to these practices
and, with Libya's dismal human rights record, we are hardly surprised. All material used herein
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107 for noncommercial, nonprofit, and educational use |
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