I Was Sold at a Slave Market

A victim of the Libyan migrant slave trade describes the horrors of being trapped in a horrific cycle of imprisonment, forced labour and torture.

Migrants who reach Libya are being exploited by slave traders and being sold in public markets. An ordeal that often sees people held in prison, tortured for ransom, and sold into painful labour or debt slavery.

Informer is a series where we hear the anonymised confessions and insights of people on the inside of different industries, institutions and events.

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[mars]

It must take so much courage to leave your country to escape death only to find it in a different from in another place that was supposed to be your safe place. I hope this person can find happiness and peace now in their life

[rotorocker]

This is just awful, I hate how terrible human beings can be. I just want to give this dude a hug!

[Spiral.Dynamics]

Seems like he is lucky he got out to share his story. This is what the politicians call “unforeseen consequences” of their wars for oil.

[riptidev]

The real horrors are the ones we don't know yet

[desmondakabuo]

Something should be done about this slavery in Libya.

[blobuela]

Im speechless cuz i still can't believe like i read alot about manhwa, webtoon about human trafficking in webtoon but i never hear in the real life but some movie talk about it i 've watched but seriously watching this suprised me... I can't believe it why in modern fucking life there is still human trafficking

[idontknow]

Libya is in a civil war so many factions are there rebelling and making a way on how to make an

[eshita.agarwal]

This is shocking. Is this still happen to black people? I thought it was a history.
How can people be so cruel.
I have no words.

[thinker]

I was at work and just paused in shock

[Janseli]

What do they when sold as slaves? They work on fields or what? And how can we help tho, can we even change libya?

[guilhermeschitzamaral]

0: Good
001: Uniqueness
01: Consent
1: Ethics
2: Problem-Solution
10: Net
11: Justice
21: Solving Problems With Ethics
99: Revolution
100: Liberation

[sameerraj]

This was some old video..Why are you uploading it again the same thing ?

[beckyboo]

Your life does count! Never forget it and never let anyone tell you otherwise ❤

[Azuki_Uki]

I don't think slavery will ever stop in Africa

[kubal]

Very intresting so where is the market ?

[gidsfybh]

There's no slavery it's just people traveled illaglu to libya and tried to go to Europe but got caught by libyan police and then got sent back to their country.

[ClayLee-er]

What if lebron goes there as undercover boss.

[thinker]

Where is the outcry of Muslims world???

[jurassicjosh]

I hate that these things STILL GO ON IN AMERICA!
Wait... we ended slavery...
Side note, Kamala Harris's family owned slaves in Jamaica.

[syedtabraiz]

What's the authenticity of what's he is saying! This is the story of many countries