Tag Archives: Human Rights Watch

The High Judicial Council expressed its rejection of Human Rights Watch’s report on judicial institutions in Libya. In a statement on Monday, the council called on the organization to collect real information from reliable sources, stressing that all courts in Libya are operating at a “very high” pace. The council …

Human Rights Watch, on Monday, stated that “EU policies contribute to a cycle of serious violations against migrants in Libya.” In a report, Human Rights Watch clarified that the European Union and Italy’s support of the Libyan Coast Guard helps immensly in intercepting migrants and asylum seekers, and their arbitrary …

Human Rights Watch on Wednesday condemned what it described as the use of “excessive” force against migrants who were stranded in the Niven ship at the port of Misurata and forcibly forced them to leave the ship. In a report published on its official website, the organization said that the …

Human Rights Watch said that an armed group of the LNA carried out a mass execution of dozens  of civilians in the area of Al-Abyar, east of Benghazi. On Wednesday the Human Rights Organization reported on its website that six relatives of the victims stated that their relatives were arrested …

On Sunday November 5,  Human Rights Watch (HRW) published an article on the devastating air strikes that took place in Libya’s eastern city of Derna on October 30, 2017, which killed 16 civilians and critically wounded 4 children.   HRW noted that Operation Dignity has been considered as a possible …

The Libyan coastguard has been accused of “running a racket in the Mediterranean Sea”; using their authority to turn the prevention of migrant crossing into a lucrative business. Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated that they have collected multiple testimonies from migrants, whom were intercepted at sea, confirming that they have …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) Despite an attempted coup, Libyan Prime Minister Fayez Al-Sarraj attended a graduation ceremony for policemen on Monday at the interior ministry’s headquarters in Tripoli, according to a tweet made from the unity government’s Twitter account. Tension continues to rise in the Libyan capital as checkpoints …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) Libyan media reported on Saturday that General Khalifa Haftar announced an initiative to resolve the Ganfouda civilian crisis. For months, Benghazi-based media and Haftar’s senior personnel claimed that all civilian families had already left Ganfouda. However, after images and videos were released of the bodies …

(Libyan Press) Human Rights Watch published a report today in which it established that the Libyans detained in the UAE since late August of 2014 are facing an unfair trail. It noted in a report today that “multiple serious due process violations in pretrial detention make it highly unlikely that …

  Al-Jawiyyah prison in Misrata, northwest Libya, is a detention center holding mostly former fighters, sympathizers, and members of the Gaddafi security forces. (HRW Report) Raging Impunity, Endless Detentions, Civilians at Risk (Beirut) – Human rights conditions in Libya further deteriorated during 2015, as militias and forces on all sides …