African Trade Unions Urge Inquiry into Attacks on Blacks in Libya
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African trade unions on Wednesday called for an urgent commission of inquiry into the causes of recent attacks on black migrant workers living in Libya.
A statement issued here at the end of a three-day Executive Board of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions-African Regional Organization (ICFTU-AFRO) said that ICFTU-AFRO and the International Confederation of Arab Trade Unions (ICATU) should be included in the inquiry.
Dozens of people have been reported killed in a wave of terror directed against blacks from sub-Saharan Africa, while more than 6,000 people have been deported to Nigeria and more than 3,000 to Ghana.
"The ICFTU-AFRO urges the Libyan authorities to urgently take measures to ensure that the perpetrators of the criminal acts are brought to book and that the victims are compensated, security of all migrant workers is guaranteed and their right to unionization is respected," the statement said.
"The government of Libya should also uphold and respect internationally accepted labor standards," the statement said -- NAIROBI (AFP)
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Muammar Gaddafi
(Al-Gadhafi, Qaddafi)
(Mu'ammar Al-Qaddafi)
Highlights of the racist Arab, Islamic fascist, butcher and brutal dictator: Muammar Gadhafi:
1) Planting the seeds in the 1970s for the recent genocide in the Sudan. Involved in the bloody violence there, early on.[1] His (pan-Arabism) 'racist,' 'fascist' influence on Al-Bashir, who brought the genocide upon non-Muslims first (pan-Islamism), then on non-Arabs in Sudan.[2] [3] In the 1980s, waving the banner of the "Arab Gathering" (Al tajammu al-arabi) - a "militantly racist and pan-Arabist organization."[4] Evoking 1930s fascistic Arab supremacy,[5] and Arab superiority.[6][7]
2) Allied with the butcher of Uganda, culminating into strong fanatic 'Islamic' ties. (indeed, at the opening of 'Idi Amin's Dream Mosque, named after Qaddafi, the crowds chanted "long live Gaddafi")[8]. Influencing anti-Jewish bigotry on the African leader.[9]
3) Epitomizing his dictatorship and character, the 17 April 1984 shooting at 11 people and killing British policewoman Yvonne Fletcher amid a protest against his brutal regime.[10], which he "apologized" for, at the end.[11]
4) Terrorism, the 1986 bombing of the La Belle Cafe in Berlin, Germany, the 1988 massacre - bombing of Pan-Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, and the 1989 downing of a French aircraft. [12][13][14]
In February 1985, Qaddafi called on Black servicemen in the US Army to leave the military, create their own army, and fight "your racist oppressors." Three months later, infamous anti-white racist [15]: L. Farrakhan of the "Nation of Islam" received $5 Billion dollars interest-free loan from Libya.[16]
In an October 4, 2003 speech, as he spoke of Libya's work for the pan-Arab cause, accused the Arab countries of ingratitude, he said that women should be trained to carry out suicide operations in Baghdad and in Gaza.[17]
5) In 1987 Qaddafi was accused by Chad's President H. Habre of "bringing a truly racist crusade against Chad and Africa."[18]
6) In 1998, the UN spoke out against Libya's Racial Discrimination.[19] In 2000 there was a serious surge in anti-African racist violent attacks in the Libyan Arab Republic. Thousands have fled.[20][21] Still, today, Millions of blacks are treated with harsh racial discrimination (Arab Apartheid). They are referred to as "animals" and as "slaves."[22][23][24]
7) Showing his true racist[25] colors against both: blacks, and "white Christians," he was "worried" of "Black Europe" and urged EU cash to stop African migrants. He said: "We don't know what will happen, what will be the reaction of the white and Christian Europeans faced with this influx of starving and ignorant Africans...We don't know if Europe will remain an advanced and united continent or if it will be destroyed, as happened with the barbarian invasions."[26]
8) The hypocritical [Qaddafi regime's] chairing of the infamous anti-Israel bigoted so-called "anti-racism" conference, in Durban (2), 2010.[27]
9) In February 2010, he urged 'holy war' [jihad] against Switzerland.[28]
10) The massacres on thousands of his own people (using mass violence, arms and jet fighters on masses of civilian protesters). He's accused of genocide (2011).[29][30][31]
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24. http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/02/24/is-al-jazeerah-tv-complicit-in-the-latest-vilification-of-libyas-blacks
25. http://www.salem-news.com/articles/february212011/spirit-of-omar-kh.php
26. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11139345
27. http://www.unwatch.org/cms.asp?id=730172&campaign_id=63111
28. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8537925.stm
29. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8342349/Gaddafi-speech-was-code-to-begin-genocide-against-Libyans.html
30. http://www.jpost.com/SpecialSection/Article.aspx?id=209545
31. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12576598
