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Libyan rebel ethnic cleansing and lynching of black people

Posted by seumasach on August 29, 2011

Human Rights Investigations

7th July, 2011

Further specific evidence has emerged that there is a strong racist element within the rebel forces, including at command level, and it is the stated intention of these forces to ethnically cleanse areas they capture of their dark-skinned inhabitants.

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Black migrants narrowly escape racist NATO-backed rebels in Tripoli

Posted by seumasach on August 29, 2011

Global Civilians for Peace

 

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The myth of ‘African mercenaries’ in Libya has been used since the start of the Libyan conflict to explain away and cover up the mass lynching of black Libyans and migrant workers in Libya by racist elements of the rebels. The mainstream media have largely been complicit in this NATO/rebel propaganda and have maintained the NATO narrative of portraying the rebels as ‘democratic freedom fighters’. This is despite the readily available evidence of racist attacks on blacks by rebels.

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