Informes

Tripoli, 8 December 2013 - The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) welcomes the release from Zawiya on 7 December of Muhammad al-Barghuthi and three other senior members of the Social Council of the Warfallah…

Failures in Police Protection, Lack of Accountability of Militias (Tripoli) – Libyan authorities should urgently announce the results of promised investigations into at least two deadly clashes between protesters and militias during 2013. The clashes killed dozens…

A United Nations team of ammunition specialists is offering technical advice to local authorities on the recovery work and is assessing the state of an Ammunition Storage Area at Brak Al-Chati in southern Libya where an…

Updates on refugees and asylum seekers No improvements have been observed recently with regard to the conditions of refugees and asylum seekers in Libya. Refugees and asylum seekers continue to be detained on account of irregular entry…

Presence and national legal framework UNHCR has been present in Libya since 1991. It has been carrying out a number of activities including registration, refugee status determination (RSD), durable solutions such as repatriation and resettlement and provision…

In a country with neither a migration and asylum system nor a legitimate police force, migrants and asylum seekers in Libya are often marginalised, ill-treated and at risk of being arbitrarily detained. Melissa Phillips from the…

The Libyan authorities must actively protect protesters from attacks by armed militia during ongoing demonstrations this week or risk further bloodshed, Amnesty International said today. The Head of the Tripoli Local Council has called on Tripoli’s residents…

Addis Ababa, 17 November 2013: The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, is shocked and saddened by the acts of violence which occurred in Tripoli, on 15 and 16 November 2013,…

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Ravina Shamdasani Location: Geneva Date: 19 November 2013 We are deeply concerned by violent incidents which started last Friday (15 November) in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, and have left more…

FIDH is appalled by the heavy casualties resulting from clashes that began on Friday, 15 November 2013 in the Libyan capital, Tripoli. Violence broke out when militia from the city of Misrata opened fire on peaceful protesters…