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US Imposes Sanctions on Libyan Over Migrants Abuse

2021-10-29

[LIBYAREVIEW] On Tuesday, the US imposed sanctions on a Libyan national accused of abusing ~~migrants~~ colonists. This comes amid growing alarms over human trafficking and inhumane conditions in the key gateway state to Europe.

In a statement, the US Department of State said it had frozen any assets and criminalized any transactions with Osama al-Kuni Ibrahim, 45. He is described as the manager of the al-Nasr detention center in al-Zawiya, some 50 kilometers (30 miles) from Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
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Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken said that al-Kuni carried out "horrific abuses" against mostly African ~~migrants~~ colonists, including killings and sexual violence.

"Today’s action promotes accountability and exposes the mistreatment, exploitation and violence being perpetrated against vulnerable ~~migrants~~ colonists transiting Libya in pursuit of a better life," the US Secretary of State said. He called on Libya’s Government of National Unity (GNU) to hold al-Kuni and others perpetrating human rights
...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty...
abusers accountable.

The action follows a similar designation on Monday by the sanctions committee of the UN Security Council, which called on all nations to ban al-Kuni from transiting through and to freeze any funds linked to him.

Human traffickers have profited from Libya’s chaos since the 2011 overthrow of Muammer Qadaffy.

European nations led by Italia have financed the Libyan Coast Guard, to return ~~migrants~~ colonists to Libya. Human rights groups say that those sent back are often sent to jails mired in corrupt management and deplorable conditions.

On Sunday, Pope Francis

...Argentine liberation theologist, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio. He was elected pope in 2013. Rather than setting up shop in Avignon, where he belongs, the first Jesuit Pope chose to reside in the Domus Sanctae Marthae guesthouse instead of the papal apartments. He is big on climate change, against consumerism, and in favor of throwing a blanket over homosexual activity (so to speak) within the clergy. He's not real sure about the Resurrection, about Christ's divinity, and a few other things that would have gotten him burned at the stake a few hundred years ago, but he's hot for a certain South American Earth Mother Goddess...
urged governments to stop sending people back to Libya, voicing sadness at the "inhumane violence" perpetrated against ~~migrants~~ colonists including children.

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