Libyan authorities have been accused by a European human rights monitor of holding hundreds of Moroccan migrants in inhumane conditions without legal justification for months.
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Thirteen Libyan political parties and NGOs support HoR’s controversial law to elect Libya’s next head of state
Thirteen Libyan political parties and NGOs released a statement yesterday supporting parliament’s (the House of Representatives – HoR) controversial law to elect Libya’s next head of state at the planned 24 December 2021 elections:
Read More »Brussels International Center calls on Russia to cease supplying landmines to Libya
The Brussels International Center strongly called on Russia to desist any trade, supply or installation of landmines in Libya.
Read More »LCW call for an end to kidnapping and enforced disappearance in eastern Libya
The Libyan Crime Watch (LCW) has called on the Government of National Unity (GNU) and official authorities in eastern Libya to end the disturbing phenomenon of kidnappings and enforced disappearances.
Read More »HoR Interior Committee head calls for listing of foreign organizations operating in Libya
The House of Representatives (HoR) reported yesterday that the head of its Interior (affairs) Committee, Suleiman Al-Harari, called on the Presidency Council, the Cabinet and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to form a committee to list the foreign organizations that are roaming around the country, east, west and south, explaining …
Read More »Families of Haftar’s victims outraged by Norland’s statements
The US Ambassador’s statements, Richard Norland, that Khalifa Haftar could play a role in unifying the military establishment in Libya has outraged some families of Haftar’s victims who are fighting in court to bring justice for their loved ones.
Read More »Amnesty: GNU must not legitimize militias guilty of horrendous atrocities against civilians
Amnesty International has urged the Government of National Unity to oppose the integration of armed militias and organizations into the country’s military forces, describing it as a return to the oppressive Ghaddafi administration. To intimidate critics and opponents, members of the Internal Security Agency (ISA), which is made up of …
Read More »Amnesty International: Libya’s government must not legitimize armed groups
Members of the Internal Security Agency (ISA), a collection of powerful armed groups operating in eastern Libya, have committed harrowing human rights abuses to silence critics and opponents, including detaining them arbitrarily and subjecting them to enforced disappearances and torture, said Amnesty International.
Read More »Two months since abduction of Ajdabiya Red Crescent chief.. NCHRL renews call for his release
The National Committee for Human Rights in Libya (NCHRL) has urged for a comprehensive investigation into the kidnapping of activist Mansour Atti, the Red Crescent chief of Ajdabiya branch and head of the city’s civil society commission, two months after he was kidnapped from his hometown Ajdabiya by unknown gunmen.
Read More »Pregnant women among nearly 200 migrants rescued off Libya
Pregnant women and scores of minors were among 196 migrants rescued off the coast of Libya on Saturday by a vessel operated by French NGO SOS Mediterranee.
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