ETHIOPIAN MIGRANT TORTURED AND AUCTIONED IN LIBYA SLAVE MARKET

In this heartbreaking video going viral on social media, 20-year-old Naima Jamal of Ethiopia is the latest migrant to fall prey to Libya's notorious trafficking gangs.

Naima, tortured and undergoing unimaginable horrors at the hands of her captors, awaits auction at a modern slave market. Her traffickers demand her family pay a $6,000 ransom for her release, a reality for many other migrants captured and sold in slave markets for as little as $400. According to other refugees in Libya, Naima's family received a video of captors torturing her alongside 50 people.

The 2011 NATO invasion wreaked havoc in one of Africa’s most prosperous countries, dividing the state into warring regions and opening the door for a human trafficking crisis. Traffickers exploit Black migrants, reducing them to mere commodities in a modern slave market. The once-vivid spotlight on the atrocities occurring in Libya has since dimmed, creating a sense of resignation in the country.

Naima's case, as well as many other migrants,' is part of a more significant crisis magnified by systemic failure. We cannot confirm Naima's status at the moment. Still, this horrific case highlights an urgent need to protect migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Libya.

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Image Credit: @leo_afrika Sources:https://converseer.com/20-year-old-naima-jamal-abducted-in-libya-faces-torture-as-traffickers-demand-6000-ransom

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