  Slavery in the post-Gaddafi era Since the United Nations-backed and NATO-led overthrow of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's regime  in 2011, Libya has been plagued by disorder and migrants with little cash and no papers have become vulnerable. Libya is a major exit point for African migrants heading to Europe. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) published a report in April 2017 showing that many of the migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa heading to Europe are sold as slaves after being detained by people smugglers or militia groups. African countries south of Libya were targeted for slave trading and transferred to Libyan slave markets instead. According to the victims, the price is higher for migrants with skills like painting and tiling. Slaves are often ransomed to their families and in the meantime until ransom can be paid tortured, forced to work, sometimes to death and eventually executed or left to starve if they can't pay for too long. Women are often raped and used as sex slaves and sold to brothels and private Libyan clients. Many child migrants also suffer from abuse and child rape in Libya.
Libya during Gadaffi Human Rights Watch documented cases of migrants frequently being arbitrarily detained and sold in Libyan detention centers.. Amnesty International also noted that migrants traveling through Libya were subject to detention in overcrowded and unhygienic conditions, and torture. The US state department also noted in their 2010 report on human trafficking noted: "As in previous years, there were isolated reports that women from sub-Saharan Africa were forced into prostitution in Libya. There were also reports that migrants from Georgia were subjected to forced labor in Libya." and argued that the Libyan did not show significant evidence of effort to prosecute traffickers or protect trafficking victims. After his death, reports emerged on how Gaddafi had kidnapped and kept a large number of women as Sexual slavery, subjecting them to rape and abuse. Slavery in the post-Gaddafi era Since Muammar Gaddafi's regime was overthrown during the First Libyan Civil War in 2011, Libya has been plagued by disorder , leaving migrants with little cash and no papers vulnerable. Libya is a major exit point for African migrants heading to Europe. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) published a report in April 2017 showing that many of the migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa heading to Europe are sold as slaves after being detained by people smugglers or militia groups. African countries south of Libya were targeted for slave trading and transferred to Libyan slave markets instead. According to the victims, the price is higher for migrants with skills like painting and tiling. Slaves are often ransomed to their families and in the meantime until ransom can be paid tortured, forced to work, sometimes to death and eventually executed or left to starve if they can't pay for too long. Women are often raped and used as sex slaves and sold to brothels and private Libyan clients. Many child migrants also suffer from abuse and child rape in Libya.
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Libya during Gadaffi Human Rights Watch documented cases of migrants frequently being arbitrarily detained and sold in Libyan detention centers.. Amnesty International also noted that migrants traveling through Libya were subject to detention in overcrowded and unhygienic conditions, and torture. The US state department also noted in their 2010 report on human trafficking noted: "As in previous years, there were isolated reports that women from sub-Saharan Africa were forced into prostitution in Libya. There were also reports that migrants from Georgia were subjected to forced labor in Libya." and argued that the Libyan did not show significant evidence of effort to prosecute traffickers or protect trafficking victims.
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After his death, reports emerged on how Gaddafi had kidnapped and kept a large number of women as Sexual slavery, subjecting them to rape and abuse.
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the United Nations-backed and NATO-led overthrow of Libyan leader
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was overthrown during the First Libyan Civil War
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