Thread: France Seeks UN Meeting on Apparent Slave Auctions in Libya

France is seeking an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council to discuss the alleged sale of African migrants as slaves.


President Emmanuel Macron called the video footage aired last week by U.S. news network CNN "scandalous" and "unacceptable."


"It is a crime against humanity," Macron said after meeting with African Union chief Alpha Conde. "I hope we can go much further in the fight against traffickers who commit such crimes, and cooperate with all the countries in the network to dismantle these networks."


CNN aired footage of an apparent auction where black men were presented to buyers as potential farmhands and sold off for as little as $400. The video sparked international outrage, with protests erupting across Europe and Africa.


The UNSC meeting will likely be next week, a French diplomat said.


On Monday, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he was horrified and that the auctions should be investigated as possible crimes against humanity.



Criticism of EU


Human rights groups have criticized the European Union for pressuring Libya into stopping the flow of migrants to Europe.


Conde also put the blame on the European Union, accusing it of encouraging the Libyans to keep migrants in the North African country despite there being no single, universally recognized government.


"What happened in Libya is shocking, scandalous, but we must establish the responsibilities," Conde said. "In Libya, there is no government, so the European Union can not choose a developing country and ask that country to detain refugees ... when it doesn't have the means to do so."


Human rights groups have said the increased vigilance by Libyan maritime forces has forced the migrant smugglers to look for ways to unload their human cargo that can't be transported to Europe.

https://www.voanews.com/a/france-see...s/4131238.html

VIDEO People for sale


People for sale: Where lives are auctioned for $400 - CNN

Good that France wasn't involved in putting Libya up for grabs.

Originally Posted by jabir

Good that France wasn't involved in putting Libya up for grabs.

Gaddafi ‘gave Nicolas Sarkozy €50m for 2007 presidential campaign’

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...ntial-campaign

Obviously, it was not enough...

please do not offend us with (such a too low) tip...

Somehow my early morning post went lost (???):
Where did France (and other righteous countries) look at when much worse has happened in Kosovo? (if I dare to mention here...)

Black mistress of mine that originates from Cameroon was on about this a week or so ago. Of people from her country being enslaved in Libya and sold for 300, 500, 800 euros.

Never mind the consequences, they did save the world by getting rid of a dictator that everyone wanted to bed just the year before, right?

Originally Posted by jabir

Never mind the consequences, they did save the world by getting rid of a dictator that everyone wanted to bed just the year before, right?

Typical results of historical Western intervention in attempts to secure their ongoing extended empires.
Kharma will have her way in one fashion or another.

Originally Posted by HuangLao

Typical results of historical Western intervention in attempts to secure their ongoing extended empires.
Kharma will have her way in one fashion or another.

...and which extended empire was this, Jeff? How does Khadaffi's sex dungeon, and Merkel/Obama's encouragement of human trafficking and infanticide across the mediterranean fit into your little notion of "Western ... empires" and "Karma"?!?

duplicate

Gourmets in the thrall of snails will be a slow threat.

Like so many failed leaders domestic disasters encourage dabbling in diplomacy.

Why France must accept reform or face disaster

They have a debt , pension overhang that makes Slyam look prudent

Originally Posted by david44

Gourmets in the thrall of snails will be a slow threat.

Like so many failed leaders domestic disasters encourage dabbling in diplomacy.

Why France must accept reform or face disaster

They have a debt, pension overhang that makes Slyam look prudent

'Reform' strikes the chord of something not quite right. Politicians don't like that, makes even the best of them seem incompetent. And when the cracks can no longer be papered over they will all blame others like it makes a difference.

Then, once the members of UNSC will have nothing to do, the France's delegate could propose also to look into the disastrous situation in Yemen.
But will they know who to blame?

TBH, 400 Euros seems a little overpriced. Having worked in W Africa a few times I'd think you'd be hard pressed to get much return for your money. Of course if the women are young and look like Naomi Campbell you could get lucky.

Was looking into this but unfortunately there are some tough import restrictions into the UK for slaves.

Originally Posted by buriramboy

Was looking into this but unfortunately there are some tough import restrictions into the UK for slaves.

EU quotas again is it? The European slave lake?

Originally Posted by buriramboy

Was looking into this but unfortunately there are some tough import restrictions into the UK for slaves.

Not if you import them as asylum seekers or refugees, or just bring them in illegally.

Originally Posted by CaptainNemo

.and which extended empire was this, Jeff?

Perhaps (if I may answer for him), the meaning was that the relatively well organized state of Khaddafi - not so easy job to tame the many beduin herds inherited from the colonial powers rule over centuries - has become now a mess.

Similarly as all the other countries suffering under Western intervention bringing them "freedom and democracy"...

Can they get CNN in Niger?

Why is CNN taking all the praise it was an exclusive on France24 back in April.

Yes but the two things CNN cannot be accused of are integrity and missing an opportunity to score an own goal.

Originally Posted by misskit

France is seeking an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council to discuss the alleged sale of African migrants as slaves.

President Emmanuel Macron called the video footage aired last week by U.S. news network CNN "scandalous" and "unacceptable."

Originally Posted by Wilsonandson

... it was an exclusive on France24 back in April.

It would appaer that French President Macron does not watch France24 but watches CNN.