UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres slams Libya slave auctions as ‘crime against humanity’

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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks as the Security Council holds a meeting at the United Nations in New York on September 28, 2017. (Photo by AFP)
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says the reported auctions of African refugees in Libya as slaves amount to “crimes against humanity,” calling for an immediate investigation into the matter.
US television network CNN aired last week footage of a live auction in Libya where black men were being sold for as little as 400 dollars to North African buyers as farmhands.
"Slavery has no place in our world and these actions are among the most egregious abuses of human rights and may amount to crimes against humanity," Guterres told reporters on Monday.
"I am horrified at news reports and video footage showing African migrants in Libya reportedly being sold as slaves," the UN chief said. "I abhor these appalling acts."
Guterres called on "all competent authorities" to investigate the slave auctions without delay, requesting relevant UN bodies "to actively pursue this matter" and bring perpetrators to justice.
In a statement posted on Facebook, Libyan Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Metig vowed that his UN-backed Government of National Accord would investigate the “slave market” allegations in the North African country.
The video footage triggered outrage from the African Union and calls for inquiry.
Guinean President Alpha Conde, who is also the head of the AU, called for an inquiry and prosecutions relating to what he described as a "despicable trade ... from another era.”
Refugees ride in a truck before they are transported to a detention center, in the coastal city of Sabratha, Libya, October 7, 2017. (Photo by Reuters)
Senegal's government expressed "outrage at the sale of Sub-Saharan African migrants on Libyan soil" that constituted” a blight on the conscience of humanity.”
Nigerian President Mahamadou Issoufou said the footage had made him "deeply angry," calling on Libyan officials and international organizations to do "everything possible to stop this practice.”
A protest rally was also staged in the French capital of Paris against the practice of slavery in Libya.
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