Tag Archives: Human Rights

Libya’s National Commission for Human Rights said that human rights violations have reached a “very serious” index with no legal accountability. In a statement released on Sunday on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Commission stated that the United Nations Support Mission …

On Sunday the head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, Ghassan Salame, said that “human rights violations in Libya” are disturbing due to the lack of legal accountability for them. On the occasion of International Human Rights Day, Salame said that in 2017 alone, at least 365 Libyan …

  On Wednesday, the Electoral Commission announced the start of voter registration and the modernization of the electoral register. In a press conference the head of the Electoral Commission, Emad Al-Sayeh said that the voter registration process started under Law No. (8) of 2013 for the establishment of the Higher …

  On Sunday, UNICEF’s Special Representative for Libya, AbdelRahman Ghandour, said that preventing the arrival of water to the capital Tripoli and coastal cities is affecting 600,000 children.   According to UNICEF’s Facebook page, Ghandour stated that more than 2 million people are suffering from lack of water provided by …

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 Monday, the African Union (AU) envoy, Amira Al-Fadil, welcomed the opening of an investigation by the Government of National Accord into the alleged reports of abuses against African migrants in Libya. According to the Government of National Accord’s official page, Al-Fadil stressed the readiness of the African Commission to …

On Sunday, the Libyan consul general in Marseille, France, Abdel Salam Al-Qadi, said that Libyans sympathize with their African brothers due to the circumstances that led them to emigrate. A source in the consulate said that the judge, during his speech at the gathering, denounced what he deemed as a …

On Friday, the Italian Ambassador to Libya Giuseppe Peroni praised,through the embassy’s twitter account, the efforts of the Libyan navy and coast guard to rescue thousands of migrants and stressed Italy and the European Union’s efforts to fight “criminal” organizations   #Libya #News #ArraedLG #BuildingANation

Calling on the local and international actors to cooperate with the prosecutor’s office, the  presidential council said in a statement on Thursday that if the allegations of the “slave trade” are proven, those involved would be brought to justice. The Presidential Council pointed out that the “decisive” solution to the …

In response to the CNN video of human trafficking in Libya, many people and organizations had shown their outrage towards the Libyan authorities to capture those responsible for the crimes.   The  Ministry of Interior of the Government of National Accord stated that they assure the international community, and the …

Following the reinforcement of security measures on the Moroccan-Spanish border in the north of Morocco, a large group of Moroccans are now trying to enter Europe illegally through Libya. In August, 190 of them were sent home after being arrested in Libya, but many of them are now being held …

Recent criticism by the UN of mishandling by the European Union and member states of the immigration crisis in Libya has triggered responses from those countries actively working to limit the arrival of illegal immigrants at their shores. At a press conference held in Italy on Wednesday with Italian Foreign …

The Libyan Human Rights Organization (LRO)  warned of a “humanitarian disaster” as a result of the continuing “escalation of violence” in Wershafana. In a statement issued on  Monday, the organization condemned the silence of the Presidential Council on what was happening in the region; calling on the international community to …

The Lawyers for Justice in Libya (LFJL) association, which contains Libya’s leading human rights lawyers, stated that Libya is incapable of investigating war crimes and human rights violations as there is no independent body. As such, it is their belief that the investigative role must be undertaken by the International …

The National Alliance of Forces (NFA) condemned the aerial bombardment of the city of Derna; which killed more than 16 people, mostly children and women, on Monday. The party called on the responsible authorities in Libya to reveal the perpetrators of the crime. They also called on human rights and …

The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior of the Government of National Accord, UN special envoy Ghassan Salame, and the National Commission for Human Rights condemned the killing and dumping of the 36 bodies found in Abyar east of Benghazi. They described the incident as being a heinous violation of …