A Tripoli-based activist, Jabir Zain, remains missing after being abducted on September 25, 2016, by an armed group linked to the Interior Ministry of the United Nations-backed Government of National Accord, Human Rights Watch said today.

The underlying cause of Libya’s economic problems in 2016 were caused by the political division of the country. This division had led to the existence of multiple contending governments and central banks – and contending monetary policies.

From 1 April to 30 April 2017, the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) documented 28 civilian casualties – 26 deaths and 2 injuries – during the conduct of hostilities across Libya. Victims included 22 men killed and 1 injured, 1 woman killed and 1 injured, and 2 children …

Hundreds of African refugees and migrants passing through Libya are being bought and sold in modern-day slave markets before being held for ransom or used as forced labour or for sexual exploitation, survivors have told the UN’s migration agency.

A report issued by Human Rights Watch (HRW), on Wednesday, about the humanitarian and war crimes of the army of the Dignity Operation that led by General Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi.

Rivals battling in Libya’s eastern oil region have reportedly carried out summary executions, torture and other violations, the UN said Tuesday, as a military strongman launched a fresh assault in the area.

Human Rights Solidarity (HRS) has urged for ending the ongoing violations and abuse against women and for the immediate release of hundreds of women, whom it said are being tortured under arbitrary imprisonment in several Libyan prisons.

Refugee children and women are routinely suffering sexual violence, exploitation, abuse and detention along the Central Mediterranean migration route, UNICEF warned in a new report.

The annual report of Amnesty International has said that the “Libyan National Army” which it described also as armed groups led by Khalifa Haftar and contain Gaddafi brigades’ fighters and tribal forces, bombed the civilian area of Ganfudah in Benghazi from the air and by artillery leading to the killing …

The Libyan National Commission for Human Rights in Libya (NCHRL) has emphasized that the degree of misery and tragic humanitarian situation in Libya on both living and health levels has been increased due to the division and political conflicts.