Reports

Lack of Accountability Risks Escalating Violence (Beirut, August 8, 2013) – At least 51 people have died in a broadening wave of apparent political assassinations in the cities of Benghazi and Derna in volatile eastern Libya, Human…

Refugees and asylum seekers UNHCR has observed improvements with regard to the treatment of refugees from Syria in Libya. The government is stepping up its efforts to assist refugees from Syria and provides free health care and education…

Hundreds of former soldiers and supporters of Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi are at increased risk of the death penalty, said Amnesty International, following the sentencing of a former minister in al-Gaddafi’s government to death. Ahmad Ibrahim, a former…

Despite the unstable environment, Libyans are striving to resume normal life. The ICRC and the Libyan Red Crescent continue to provide urgent aid as needed, to promote detainee welfare and to improve water management. "Clashes have occasionally…

MISRATA - Building an ammunition shelter may not come across as a priority for many Libyans, who face the challenges of a post-revolution transitional period buffeted by political divisions, armed clashes as well as disruptions in…

Refugees and asylum seekers The collaboration with the Libyan government is gradually expanding. Yet, the conditions of refugees and asylum seekers, especially in detention, remain unchanged. Persons UNHCR considers in need of international protection, including those intercepted…

The testimony of a woman who was sexually tortured under the Gaddafi regime is proving a catalyst for political change in Libya When Hussein was searching desperately for his son in the last days of the 2011…

Authorities Should Let Them Go Home Safely (Tripoli, June 27, 2013) – Libyan authorities should allow displaced residents of the city of Tawergha to return to their homes safely, Human Rights Watch said today. Local authorities in…

Libya – IDPs (UNHCR) Further to the request of the Libyan Prime Minister Zeidan to the Tawergha community on 20/06/13, the Libyan Humanitarian Relief Agency LibAid announced on 25/06/13 that Tawergha leaders have accepted to postpone the…

Ricardo René Larémont Abstract On 20 October 2011, Muammar Qaddafi, the leader of Libya, was killed by members of a local militia in his hometown of Sirte. Qaddafi’s death and his regime’s end fractured a security structure that…