Human Rights Solidarity, a local human rights watch, has revealed that prisoners in Al-Kwifiya prison, which is run by renegade General Khalifa Hafter’s forces in Benghazi, are subjected to daily torture by electric shocks and beating to force them to confess guilty for crimes they have not committed.

The new Interior Minister is in the Jordanian capital Amman for two days of talks on potential Jordanian help to restore security and stability in Libya.

In a strong appeal to back the Peace Accord that is on the table the new UNSMIL chief Martin Kobler today told members of the House of Representatives in Tobruk that the agreement could not be reopened.

Some 82 Libyans from Misrata were abducted in the country’s capital Tripoli on Tuesday, in less than 24 hours; the Anadolu Agency reported the Mayor of Misrata Muhamed Shetuoy saying.

The United Nations will restart talks with Libya’s rival factions to address outstanding hurdles to a unity government, giving priority to security issues, the new UN envoy for the country said on Tuesday.

A new interior minister in the Abdullah Thinni government in Beida was formally installed in office yesterday. Mohamed Al-Madani is the fourth person to head the ministry since the present administration was formed in last year.

Martin Kobler, the new UN special envoy for Libya, has his work cut out. The 62-year-old seasoned German diplomat began his new job on Tuesday after his predecessor departed under something of a cloud, leaving Kobler to pick up the pieces of the UN peace plan.

Libya continues to be embroiled in political strife and deadly violence – with all parties committing possible war crimes amid multiple armed conflicts affecting several regions and contributing to a general breakdown of law and order, according to a new United Nations human rights report released today.

Islamic State (IS) fighters launched a surprise attack on a Petroleum Facilities Guard (PFG) at Brega early this morning, reportedly killing three members. According to a PFG official, the attack on its Brigade No. 152 took place south of Brega. He could give no further details other than that a …

The US military says it launched an air strike targeting the senior leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Libya, where the group has grown stronger in the chaos following the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi four years ago.