Press Release
Libya: Internal Security Agency Must Be Held Accountable for Deaths in Custody, Enforced Disappearances and Arbitrary Detention
The spike in arbitrary detentions and deaths in custody in recent months highlights how the existing culture of impunity has…
September 10, 2024
Press Release
State-Financed Militia Must Be Held to Account for Extrajudicial Execution in Misratah, Libya
A shocking video depicting an extrajudicial execution by the Joint Operations Force (JOF), a state-financed militia also known as al-Moshtaraka,…
March 31, 2022
Press Release
Executives of surveillance companies Amesys and Nexa Technologies indicted for complicity in torture
Responding to the news that four executives of French surveillance companies Amesys and Nexa Technologies have been indicted for complicity…
June 22, 2021
Press Release
Senate Vote Authorizing Arms Sales to the UAE Could Fuel More War Crimes in Yemen, Libya Conflicts
Responding to authorization today from the United States Senate to sell several advanced military capabilities that are worth $23.37 billion…
December 9, 2020
Press Release
The Libya Stabilization Act will mean accountability for abuses
Responding to the passage of H.R. 4644, the Libya Stabilization Act in Congress, Philippe Nassif, the advocacy director for the…
November 18, 2020
Press Release
Arms Sales to the UAE could make U.S. responsible for more deaths of civilians in Yemen and Libya
Ahead of plans by the United States to sell 18 armed aerial drones worth approximately $2.9 billion to the United…
November 9, 2020
Report
New evidence shows refugees and migrants in Libya trapped in horrific cycle of abuses
Tens of thousands of refugees and migrants in Libya are trapped in a vicious cycle of cruelty with little to no hope…
September 24, 2020
Press Release
Heavy weaponry used in Libya to disperse peaceful protesters demanding economic rights
At least six peaceful protesters were abducted and several others were wounded after armed men fired live ammunition including from…
August 26, 2020
Press Release
Fact-finding mission to investigate crimes in Libya is a welcome step
We call on all parties to the conflict and their allies to fully cooperate with the fact-finding mission’s investigation team and help facilitate their work with a view to bringing all those responsible for these violations to justice.
June 24, 2020
Press Release
Historic discrimination in Libya threatens right to health of minorities in the south amid COVID-19
The Libyan authorities and militias in control of southern cities and towns and international donors must ensure that those most…
April 21, 2020
Press Release
Abhorrent attack on migrant detention center in Libya must be investigated as a war crime
The International Criminal Court must order an urgent investigation into an abhorrent attack on the Tajoura immigration detention center in…
July 3, 2019
Press Release
UN arms embargo violations put Tripoli’s 1.2 million civilians in grave danger
The lives and security of Tripoli’s 1.2 million civilians hang in the balance as warring parties use a range of…
July 2, 2019