UNSMIL concerned by increased abductions, detention and disappearances since start of Tripoli fighting
By Sami Zaptia. London, 9 May 2019: The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said that it is deeply concerned ...
Tag: kidnappings
14 Zawia refinery Tunisian employees kidnapped by armed gang
By Sami Zaptia. The Serraj MoI says that it is investigating the kidnapping of 14 Tunisians working at the Zawia ...
Rada captures perpetrators of multiple armed kidnappings and car jackings
By Sami Zaptia. Mohamed Eshtewi Tirshani confesses to multi kidnappings in the RADA video (Photo: RADA). London, 18 July 2017: ...
UN report details kidnappings, arbitrary detention, torture, mass killings and summary executions in Libyan
By Sami Zaptia. Photos believed to be taken in January and February 2017, according to a UN report, showing Mahmud ...
Amnesty International damns “ruthless campaign of abductions”
By Libya Herald reporter. Tripoli professor Dr Salem Beitelmal kidnapped last month (Photo: Amnesty International) Tripoli, 8 May 2017: An ...
Tripoli Security Directorate refutes crime stats, announces new security plan
By Sami Zaptia. The Tripoli Security Directorate announces a new security plan for Greater Tripoli, refutes recently publicized crime statistics ...
Assassination attempt on Tripoli Civil Registry Authority acting head
By Sami Zaptia. An assassination attempt on the acting head of the Tripoli CRA today (Social media). London, 10 October ...
Testimony of a mid-week, daytime Tripoli armed robbery and car-jack victim
By Sami Zaptia. London, 9 October 2016: Further to the high profile kidnapping of the Deputy General Manager of the ...
RADA arrests kidnap, extortion and robbery gang of 12 in Tripoli
By Sami Zaptia A gang of 12 suspected of kidnap, robbery and extortion were arrested by RADA last week in ...
Eleven-day kidnapped victim comes home to new baby after his release by RADA
By Sami Zaptia. RADA announces a number of arrests of kidnappers (Photo: RADA). London, 1 August 2016: A kidnapped victim ...
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