Egyptians returning from Libya report forced labor, torture by Islamic militants

February 23, 2015

Egyptian laborers returning from Libya have said that they were kidnapped and forced into slave labor by Islamic militants, the AsiaNews service reports.

Some of the returning Egyptians said that they had been tortured. Many reported that they were expected to work without adequate food, subjected to humiliation and beatings. Some had the letter “S” carved into their scalps, to mark them as Egyptians, mocking Egyptian President al-Sisi. As the Egyptians returned to their homeland, some of the bodies of the 41 countrymen slain by the Islamic State were also returned.

 

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Further information:

• Escape from Libyan hell: Egyptian migrants tell of ordeal and Islamic State torture (AsiaNews)