32 Libyan civil societies have lambasted the “poor performance” of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) following the death of a Somali refugee in Tripoli.

A senior leader from Khalifa Haftar’s forces, Al-Saharif Al-Marghani, said the bodies found in Tarhouna mass graves aren’t for Libyan nationals but for foreigners, disregarding the fact that tens of Libyan families have identified their beloved ones after being recovered from those mass graves.

Armed groups that support competing Libyan governments and their international benefactors have been responsible for massive civilian casualties, displacement, and destruction during 2020, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2021 There is an urgent need for a newly established United Nations-mandated Libya fact-finding mission to investigate violations …

The First Dialogue Committee for Women in the Western Region expressed its support for the roadmap set for the preparatory phase of a comprehensive solution in Libya.

Hundreds of residents of the Libyan town Tarhuna were abducted or reported missing between 2014 and 2020, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report on Thursday (7 December).

UNSMIL reported yesterday that Acting UNSMIL head, Stephanie Williams, yesterday facilitated the second virtual meeting of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum’s (LPDF) Advisory Committee.

Human Rights Watch urged Libya’s internationally recognised government to investigate the disappearance of hundreds of missing people from the city of Tarhuna, following the discovery of several mass graves there last summer.

Over 20 Libyan organizations have called on the High National Elections Commission to end partnership with the Libyan Media Institution as it is headed by Mohammed Bayo who is also a head of a political party, saying this could affect neutrality.

The National Commission for Human Rights in Libya (NCHRL) condemned the extrajudicial killings and kidnappings in the city of Benghazi and the continued inaction by those in power.

The Libyan American Alliance said it had received a correspondence from the US Federal Court and Department of State, saying they won’t interfere in the lawsuits lodged at the US courts against Khalifa Haftar, who is a dual Libyan-US citizen.