I am heartbroken, angry and confused: Gigi Hadid on Libya slave trade

Supermodel Gigi Hadid has spoken about the ongoing Libyan slave trade that has caused an uproar globally.

Taking to Instagram, the 22-year-old expressed her anger and shared a Martin Luther King quote, which reads, "There comes a time when silence is betrayal."

Hadid posted the picture with an emotional message and wrote, "I am heartbroken, angry, and confused over the disgusting horrors in #libya."

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She further added, "Heartbroken, angry, and confused at these images that are sickeningly similar to the photos we've all seen of mankind's past of slavery and human trafficking - a history that the whole world should be ashamed of and act accordingly."



"The United Nations need to stand up to this with integrity. I know my post can't change much, but we need to fight with our voices to let those who can truly make a difference in this know that we value the lives and quality of life of our brothers and sisters around the world, in whatever way we can."

Lastly, the model asked everyone to come forward to help in Libya's time of need.

Like Hadid, Twitter is livid:

https://twitter.com/IngeMoffatt/status/936133835669979137

https://twitter.com/bandsrappers/status/936130131000725506

All man are born equal! #LibyanSlaveTrade is an atrocity an evil that has to STOP. The entire Human Rights Community needs to voice out and demand a stop to such inhuman and degrading treatment

— millennial_academic (@AndrewMudyiwa) November 30, 2017

What’s happening in Libya is truly heartbreaking. Makes me sick to my stomach. What is happening to@our world #thisisreal #LibyanSlaveTrade

— Bravo Betty (@thatbravobetch) November 30, 2017

Libya agreed Wednesday with key EU and African leaders to allow migrants facing abuse in detention camps to be evacuated within days or weeks, mostly to their home countries, French President Emmanuel Macron said.

The decision was taken after Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara called for "all urgent measures" to end slave trading and other migrant abuses in Libya at an EU-Africa summit in Abidjan.



Hadid voiced on the ongoing issue, alongside the leaders of Libya, France, Germany, Chad, Niger and four other countries "decided on an extreme emergency operation to evacuate from Libya those who want to be," Macron told reporters after their emergency talks on the summit sidelines.

French President with Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj (L), and General Khalifa Haftar (R), commander in the Libyan National Army (Reuters )

"Libya restated its agreement to identify the camps where barbaric scenes have been identified," Macron said, adding Libya's UN-backed Prime Minister Fayez "Sarraj gave his agreement that access be assured."



The furore over slavery as well as torture and rape of black African migrants in Libya prompted the select group of countries -- which also included Spain, Italy, Morocco and the Congo -- to undertake other measures.

Other African, EU and UN leaders also condemned the slavery revelations when they met at the summit in Ivory Coast's economic capital Abidjan.

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