Rapports

The confirmed death of 111 people - and the death toll potentially as high as 200 off the coast of Lampedusa - has reignited the debate on the protection of asylum seekers trying to reach Europe.…

United Nations report urges end to torture in Libya through transfer of detainees to effective state control GENEVA (1 October 2013) – The United Nations on Tuesday issued a report about the torture and ill-treatment of detainees…

TRIPOLI, 24 September 2013 (IRIN) - Thousands of people in Libya remain locked up in militia prisons, outside of state control, more than two years after the revolution, according to a new UN report presented to…

The Libyan authorities should immediately hand Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi and former intelligence chief Abdallah al-Senussi to the International Criminal Court (ICC) said Amnesty International. The organization met both detainees last week ahead of the referral of…

TRIPOLI, 18 September 2013 (IRIN) - Lifts that pause between floors and the sound of keys locking doors never fail to make Ali Elakermi’s heart race. Spending 30 years as a political prisoner in Libya’s notorious…

Tripoli, 12 September 2013 – The United National Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) condemns the criminal attack against the Libyan Foreign Ministry’s offices in Benghazi on Wednesday 11 September. The Mission also expresses its deep concern about…

I. Introduction The present report is submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 2095 (2013) of 14 March 2013. It covers major political and security developments, provides an overview of the humanitarian and human rights situation and outlines…

Refugees and asylum seekers UNHCR praises the positive collaboration with the government of Libya. The latter has formally requested the collaboration of UNHCR on a number of fronts including the registration of refugees from Syria and the…

GHADAMES - Driving from this oasis town deep into the harsh desert, a conspicuous white concrete pole, about 2 ½ metres high, stands out among the countless giant electricity pylons that dot the landscape. Handcarved in…

(Tripoli) – Libyan authorities should conduct an independent investigation into the quelling of a prison protest in which at least 19 inmates sustained gunshot or shrapnel wounds. The protest took place on August 26, 2013, at…