Articles for Libya

Recently released video footage has exposed harrowing scenes of torture perpetrated within "Qarnada" Prison, located in the city of Shahat in northeastern Libya, an area under the control of forces loyal to retired General Khalifa Haftar. 

On 9 December 2024, Alkarama addressed the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention regarding the detention of two brothers, Aboubakr and Embarek AL KHAZMI, following their arrest by Misrata forces on 7 September 2021.

Disappeared after their arrest

In an Opinion dated September 20, 2024, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) recognized the arbitrary nature of the deprivation of liberty of Abdurrahman Abduljalil Mohamed AL FARJANI, a young Libyan arrested on December 27, 2014, at his home in the Al Lithi neighborhood by an armed militia affiliated with Khalifa Haftar. 

On October 15, 2024, Alkarama submitted a letter to the United Nations (UN) Working Group on Arbitrary Detention regarding the developments in the case of Libyan MP Hassan Farjani Salem. 

On July 10, 2024, Alkarama submitted the case of Mr. Hassan SALEM, a Libyan MP, and his brother, Mr. Mohamed SALEM, to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD). Both were arrested by the RADAA militias (Special Deterrence Forces) and are currently detained at the Mitiga airport site, which is under their control. 

Abduction of Mr. Hassan SALEM 

On 24 April 2024, Alkarama submitted to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention the case of Abdurrahman Abduljalil Mohamed AL FARJANI, arrested on 27 December 2014 at his home in the Al Lithi neighbourhood by an armed militia affiliated to Khalifa Haftar.  

A minor at the time of his arrest 

On Sunday, 10 March 2024, the Special Deterrence Forces (SDF) in Libya released Abdelhakim Imbarak Muhammad Ali, also known as "Abdelhakim AL MECHERI," after nearly eight years of arbitrary detention without judicial proceedings, Alkarama learned from its sources. 

Alkarama has learned that the Libyan authorities have released Libyan citizen Ali Suleiman Masoud Abdel Sayed last Thursday, 25 January 2024, after more than seven years of arbitrary detention. 

Alkarama expresses its concern about the disappearance of Libyan activist Nasser Fathallah Mansour Ali AL HAWARI in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, since the evening of Monday, January 29, 2024. 

On 27 December 2023, Alkarama urgently submitted to the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, the case of the former Libyan Minister of Defence, Mr Al Mahdi AL BARGHATHI, who was allegedly executed after being arrested with his companions on 6 October 2023 by members of the "Tariq bin Ziyad Brigade", a militia led by Khalifa Haftar's son, Saddam Haftar, in the Al-Salmani Al-Sharqi neighborhood of Benghazi (eastern Libya).