UNSMIL welcomes freeing of prisoners – calls for more arbitrarily held persons to be released
By Sami Zaptia. London, 8 May 2021: UNSMIL welcomed yesterday the recent release of dozens of detainees by the ...
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Tripoli condemns torture and killing of prisoners
By Sami Zaptia. The Tripoli Ministry of Health has condemned the alleged torture and murder of civilians and fighters by ...
Libyan human rights activists say 28 prisoners tortured and shot in Wirshefana
By Libya Herald reporters. Tunis, 13 November 2017: In a grim echo of the Al-Abyar summary execution of 36 men ...
Misrata releases 15 Tawerghans
By Saber Ayyub. One of the freed Tawerghan detainees is greeted by his family in a Tripoli refugee camp (Photo: social media) ...
Misrata releases 40 prisoners
By Saber Ayyub. Some of the prisoners released today from Misrata jails (Photo: social media) Tripoli, 17 July 2015: Misrata ...
Prisoners escape in Tripoli
By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab. Tripoli, 11 April 2014: Ten prisoners who were being taken from Ain Zara’s Ruwaimi jail to . ...
Human Rights Watch expresses concern over Saadi extradition
Tripoli, 6 March 2014: The extradition of Saadi Qaddafi from Niger and his imprisonment in Libya has sparked concern from ...
Former prisoners demand compensation in Ministry of Justice protest
By Ahmed Elumami and Jamal Adel. Tripoli, 8 January 2014: The Ministry of Justice was today occupied by some thirty former ...
Bani Walid elders released from prison
Tripoli, 8 December 2013: Four elders and sheikhs from Bani Walid were released yesterday from a Zawia prison where they ...
Tunisia frees Libyan prisoners for Eid
Tripoli, 15 October 2013: Tunisia has released 17 Libyan prisoners held in Tunisian jails on the occasion of Eid Al-Adha, ...
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