Articles for Libya

Libya: Condemned by UN Human Rights Committee for Enforced Disappearance of Abdelhamid Al Daquel

During its 111th session in July 2014, the Human Rights Committee issued an opinion on the case of Abdelhamid Al Daquel, considering that his enforced disappearance in June 1996 was due to a series of violations by Libya of its international obligations.

28 Feb 2013
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Libya Must Investigate and Prosecute Grave Crimes of the Past, Says U.N. Committee

The United Nations Human Rights Committee recently condemned Libya following serious human rights violations committed against one of its nationals. According to the decision issued by the Committee, the Libyan authorities are required to conduct a thorough and effective investigation to shed light on the enforced disappearances of Abdussalam Il Khwildy as well as the torture inflicted on him while in detention. Investigations should be carried out in view of to punishing the perpetrators of these crimes and granting appropriate compensation to the victim.
21 Feb 2013
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Libya: Thirty-eight year old dies as a result of torture

In the night of 27 April 2012, Ahmed Abdallah Al Khamsa, aged 38, was arrested on his way home from presenting his condolences for the death of Mr Lotfi Ben Qaïd, an acquaintance. The arresting forces had initially gone to Mr Al Khamsa's home at 11.30 pm, but had not found him there.
28 Nov 2012
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Libya: Mr. Amhamed Ahwishy, victim of torture and enforced disappearance

Alkarama has seized the Special Procedures of the United Nation today of the case of Mr. Amhamed Ahwishy, a 42-year-old Libyan citizen and a father of four, who has been arbitrarily detained and submitted to acts of torture since 18 October 2011.

Amhamed Ahwishy was arrested in Wadi Masour on 18 October 2011 by a group of armed men that presented themselves as members of "the Katiba of 28 May," a revolutionary brigade of Bani Walid.

25 May 2012
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Libya: Arbitrary detention of Mr. Sayed Qaddaf Dam, cousin of the former head of state Muammar Qaddafi

Mr. Sayed Qaddaf Dam, 64, was arrested at him home in Syrte on 18 September 2011 by armed men without any warrant on the soul basis of his familial relationship with the former head of state Muammar Qaddafi, who was his cousin.

When he was arrested, he was awaiting a surgical procedure on his spinal column to treat lesions from which he suffers.

23 May 2012
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Libya: Mr. Rifat Al Khwildy, a journalist who participated in the revolution, is arbitrarily detained and is the victim of torture and ill-treatment

Alkarama seized the Special Rapporteur on Torture and the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention of the case of Mr. Rifat Al Khwildy, a victim of arbitrary detention and torture for nine months.

A 27-year-old journalist, Mr. Al Khwildy participated in the Revolutionary Movement of 17 February 2011. Having learned that his name appeared on a list of people that were opposed to the revolution and that he was now the object of an investigation, he turned himself into the Military Council in Tripoli on 4 September 2011.

14 May 2012
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Libya : Family of 51 year-old executed by Libyan Katiba during civil war seeks justice

Abdulhakim Kalhood, a 51 year-old Libyan, was arrested in the evening of 16 October 2011 at his home in Al-Garabulli, 60 km east of Tripoli by the local Katiba. Nine days later, he died after having being detained and severely beaten by his abductors. Alkarama has received several cases of people dead as a result of torture at the hands of Libyan Katibas during the Libyan civil war.
04 Jan 2012
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Libya : Mr Salem Mohamed, enforced disappeared for over a month

28 June 2011, 3:30 a.m. Salem Mohamed's home in the Abu Slim district of Tripoli is quiet when suddenly twenty security agents violently break down the front door. They are all heavily armed, some are wearing hoods others are in civilian clothing. The 31-year-old academic, father to two children, is immediately handcuffed and taken by force in a military car to an unknown destination.
01 Aug 2011
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Libya: Summary executions at Bani Walid

Seven people arrested by soldiers of the Libya army were summarily executed 28 May 2011 at Bani Walid. These victims are identified as Libyan civilians who were fleeing Libya and taking refuge in a collective home of Egyptian workers who were also executed during the incident. The exact number and identities of all of the victims remains unknown.

The Libyan Truth and Justice Committee, a group on the ground with which Alkarama has regularly collaborated, brought this information to our attention.

27 Jun 2011
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Libya: Doctors and nurses kidnapped by pro-Kaddafi forces

On 4 April 2011, Alkarama sent the UN special procedures the cases of seven medical-practioners kidnapped in Libya by pro-Kaddafi forces during March 2011. The doctors and nurses were providing medical assistance and humanitarian aid in war-torn Libya.

The details of those arrested and kidnapped are as follows:

Suhil Sami Al-Atrach, is a 32-year-old Libyan anesthetist at Al Jae Hospital in Benghazi. He was kidnapped on 6 March 2011 by pro-Kaddafi forces at Ras Lanuf Hospital.

06 Apr 2011
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