Amnesty International is warning black Libyans and sub-Saharan Africans are at high risk of abuse from rebel forces seeking to target Gaddafi loyalists. At a camp for migrants near Tripoli, two African nationals said they fear for their lives.
Nigerian national: “If you enter to the streets, the Libya people will hold you, then will say you are fighting for Gaddafi. And I’m not a fighter. That is why I keep myself here with my wife. No money to feed. Please, I need your help.”
Ghanaian national: “Some people are saying that it’s the blacks who used to cooperate with the Libyan soldiers to shoot them or whatever, but we were not among. We of Ghana and Nigeria were not among. We don’t know nothing about that. Yeah, that’s why we’re running for our life.”