The U.S. sanctions Libyan managing Zawia migrant detention centre for human rights abuses
By Sami Zaptia. Tripoli, 27 October 2021: The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), corresponding ...
Tag: human rights abuses
Military courts in eastern Libya sentence hundreds of civilians in sham, torture-tainted trials: Amnesty International
By Sami Zaptia. London, 27 April 2021: Military courts have convicted hundreds of civilians in eastern Libya in secret and ...
EU imposes sanctions on Kani brothers of Tarhuna
By Sami Zaptia. The EU imposes sanctions on the Kani / Kaniyat militia brothers of Tarhuna for human rights abuses ...
Thousands of human rights violations carried out by state-affiliated Libyan militias: UN report
By Sami Zaptia. The latest UN report says that thousands of human rights violations are being committed in Libya by ...
Human rights defenders in Libya at serious risk of being murdered says UNCHR
By Libya Herald staff. Tripoli, 29 March 2015: Human rights defenders in Libya face threats of physical attacks, abduction, harm ...
The International Criminal Court must start pursuing war criminals: LFJL
By Libya Herald staff. Tripoli, 18 February 2015: Human rights abuses and war crimes continue, . . .said Lawyers for ...
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