Articles for Libya

Three Al Jazeera journalists were abducted by armed pro-Gaddafi forces on 8 March 2011 in Az-Zintan, 160km southwest of Tripoli, while trying to cross the border into Tunisia. Alkarama fears they are at high risk of torture given the way other international and national journalists have been treated by pro-Gaddafi forces.

As a consequence, the wounded are refusing to seek medical assistance for fear of being kidnapped or killed.

News agencies have confirmed that forces loyal to Col. Gaddafi killed Ali Hassan Al-Jaber, an Aljazeera cameraman. His life was taken in an ambush yesterday in the Hawwari area southwest of Benghazi. Alkarama will bring his case before the International Criminal Court (ICC) in due course.

Alkarama has already provided the ICC with evidence documenting crimes against humanity committed by the Gaddafi regime during the past weeks.

Ghaith Abdul Ahad, a correspondent of the British newspaper the Guardian and Andrei Netto of the Brazilian newspaper O Estado de Sao Paulo were arrested on Monday 7 March 2011 near Sabratah, a town on the Libyan coast. Three other journalists from the BBC, arrested on the same day, were tortured for 21 hours by Gadaffi's security forces, before being released.

Recent video footage from Libya shows evidence that Colonel Gaddafi's regime is using deadly force against Libyan citizens. According to accounts, violent measures were used against citizens prior to the recent popular uprising.

Our organisation is especially concerned by the declarations of Seif el Islam Gaddafi, the son of the Head of State, who declared on Libyan State television on the night of 20 February 2011 that if his propos