The Libyan Crimes Watch (LCW) has reported the injury of five civilians as a result of the clashes that took place in Tripoli on Tuesday.
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LOFIM Report: Media Violations in Libya, May 2021 – May 2022
The Libyan Organisation for Independent Media (LOFIM) published a report entitled ‘Media Freedom Violations in Libya from May 2021 to May 2022‘ on 5 May 2022.
Read More »12 migrants feared dead, 94 rescued off Libya
A humanitarian organisation: a non-governmental organisation called “Save the Med”, confirmed the disappearance of 12 illegal immigrants off the Libyan coast.
Read More »What is behind Libya’s recent crackdown on human rights and activists?
Over the last few months, Libya’s Internal Security Agency (ISA) has rounded up seven young Libyans, accusing them of very serious crimes including that of apostasy, contempt of Islam and spreading of atheism. Such accusations in the predominantly Muslim and overwhelmingly conservative country could be a death sentence, even if …
Read More »Landmines in Libya capital kill 130 over two years: HRW
At least 130 people, mainly civilians, have been killed by landmines and other explosives left after heavy fighting in 2020 around the Libyan capital, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.
Read More »Libya: Landmines, Other War Hazards, Killing Civilians
At least 130 people, mostly civilians, have been killed by landmines and abandoned or unexploded ordnance in Libya since the armed group called the Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF) withdrew from Tripoli’s southern suburbs in June 2020, Human Rights watch said today.
Read More »Ocean Viking rescues 94 migrants off Libya coast
94 migrants were rescued on Monday by Ocean Viking, a rescue-ship, off the coast of Libya, reported SOS Méditerranée, a European maritime-humanitarian organization.
Read More »Amnesty: Libya’s LAAF is ‘brutally crushing’ freedom of expression and peaceful assembly
The Internal Security Agency (ISA), a collection of powerful armed groups operating in areas under the control of the Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF), is arbitrarily detaining at least nine peaceful protesters and a journalist incommunicado after they participated in a demonstration in Sirte, Amnesty International said today.
Read More »Migrant sea crossings to Italy doubled in 2021: report
Migrant sea crossings to Italy nearly doubled in 2021, according to a report released this week by an Italian migration assistance network.
Read More »UN Adviser briefs civil society coalition on her mediation between HoR and HCS
UN Special Adviser on Libya, Stephanie Williams, said she had an online meeting with members of the Tadamon Coalition, a newly-formed network of 25 Libyan civil society organizations and women leaders representing ethnic and regional constituencies in Libya and mainly working on gender equality and women’s empowerment.
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