The National Commission for Human Rights in Libya (NCHRL) has expressed dismay over the failure of the Minister of Justice of the Government of National Accord to exact justice and protect human rights in the country as well as to fix the criminal justice system and that of prisons.

Reporting 27 deaths and 40 injuries due to landmines and IED’s in civilian areas of south Tripoli up to 9 June, the Ministry of Justice of the internationally recognized Libyan government based in Tripoli yesterday announced that it had formed a committee to investigate these grave human rights violation.

Libyan authorities have announced the release of more than 450 prisoners as part of measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus that has infected at least eight people in the country.

Tarhouna-based Al-Kani militias of Khalifa Haftar’s forces have killed a medical doctor named Othman Al-Tajouri and his paramedic companion Sulaiman Mayouf in Garabulli area as they targeted the car came under fire of the militias. Two other doctors have been injured.

French President Emmanuel Macron met Monday with Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar, who insisted he would commit to a ceasefire with the UN-recognised government in Tripoli as long as its militia fighters pledge to sign on as well.

A security guard was wounded in an exchange of fire between Security forces and inmates at Majir Prison in Zliten city on Tuesday, authorities said.

Minister of Justice of the Presidential Council’s government, Mohamed Lamloum, said that human rights violations in Libya are not being committed in a systematic manner, insisting that such practices are merely individual acts.

A human rights team from the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) conducted a visit to Jdaida main prison in Tripoli, on Monday, Ministry of Justice confirmed.

A high-level delegation from the from the Libyan government in the east paid a visit on Monday to the southern city of Sabha after the Libyan National Army (LNA) seized control of it earlier this month.

Libya, Chad, Niger and Sudan have agreed to hold a ministerial meeting on border control, in the Nigerian capital of Niamey on February 20.