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Libyan authorities announced Monday that they found nearly 50 bodies in two mass graves in the country’s southeastern desert, again driving home the persistent dangers faced by migrants seeking passage to Europe through the conflict-ridden nation. Officials reported that the first mass grave, containing 19 bodies, was found on Friday at a farm in Kufra. [...]

Libya’s Criminal Investigation Agency announced the rescue of over two hundred illegal immigrants in Al-Wahat district from a gang that tortured, abused and mistreated them on Friday. The rescued came from countries such as Eritrea, Somalia and Ethiopia, and were subject to horrific conditions, malnutrition, and sexual violence. According to the agency, twenty-five of the [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Monday that Libyan authorities have used a “litany of overbroad and draconian legacy laws” to suppress civil rights activists and organizations. The group said the threats, harassment and arbitrary detention under these laws amount to an infringement of freedom of assembly and association under international law. HRW found that [...]

Italian authorities arrested Osama Najim, the head of Libya’s judicial police, in the city of Turin on Monday, following a warrant issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his alleged involvement in war crimes, according to Italian news reports. The arrest is linked to widespread torture and inhumane treatment allegations at Mitiga prison. The [...]

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy appeared in court on Monday over allegations of receiving illegal funding from former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi for his 2007 presidential campaign. New evidence, including testimony from former Libyan officials, was presented in the hearing, local media outlet L’Union reported. The witnesses allege that Gaddafi personally approved the payments to [...]

The sudden collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria marks a turning point for the country, but the path forward will require a carefully managed political transition, accountability for war crimes, and implementation of UN Resolution 2254 to ensure a stable and representative government. The end of an era The fall of Bashar al-Assad was [...]

Libya’s Attorney General on Monday announced the arrest of an unnamed aviation executive for illegally transporting migrants from Libya to Nicaragua. The executive, business director for Libya’s Ghadames Air, was accused of committing activities that were “harmful to the interests” of the Libyan state. An investigation revealed that planes from Libya’s Ghadames Air were illegally [...]

The United Nations mission in Libya (UNSMIL) called for the immediate release of a journalist arbitrarily detained in Tripoli on Saturday. In the statement, the UNSMIL further requested Libyan authorities to protect all journalists and media workers. The UNSMIL warns: Stifling journalists’ reporting fosters a climate of fear and undermines the environment needed for Libya’s [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) asked the Libyan government on Friday to release television host Ahmed al-Sanussi from detention. The organization denounced al-Sanussi’s arrest, which occurred the previous day in Tripoli, expressing concern that his place of detention and reason for arrest were still unknown. CPJ’s Interim MENA (Middle East and North Africa) Program Coordinator [...]

A group representing families of Libya’s Abu Salim Prison Massacre victims protested Monday on the 28th anniversary of the killings over the failure to achieve justice in the case. The association urged “that the secrets of the crime be revealed, justice be established, retribution be imposed, and that everyone who participated in this horrific massacre [...]