Reports

Reporting period (21 – 30 August) Highlights: The fighting along various frontlines in the past weeks has left the Libyan capital short of water and fuel. The water supply to Tripoli through the GMR pipelines has completely stopped…

Media release: Dr Craig Emerson, Minister for Trade and Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs Speaking at a conference on the new Libya, Acting Foreign Affairs Minister Craig Emerson today pledged Australia’s support for international efforts to meet…

Joe DeCapua Thousands of sub-Saharan Africans may be too scared to leave Libya. That’s according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), which said it is “increasingly concerned over the fate of vulnerable migrants.” The IOM has been…

Pro al-Gaddafi forces left 19 detainees to die of suffocation while locked inside metal containers in the sweltering June heat in north-western Libya, Amnesty International has discovered. Three survivors described how al-Gaddafi loyalists tortured them and then…

31 Aug 2011 21:16 African workers report attacks as they shelter in camps Abuses linked to Gaddafi use of mercenaries By Mohammed Abbas TRIPOLI, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Nigerian Festus Prince said he took his family and ran after he…

High-Level Paris Meeting Will Plan for Post-Conflict Support (Paris, August 31, 2011) – Protection of civilians, accountability for grave human rights violations during Muammar Gaddafi’s 42-year rule, and building the foundation of a rights-respecting Libyan state should…

SC/10374 Security Council 6606th Meeting (PM) Briefing Security Council, He Stresses Need to Be Proactive, Effective As fighting wound down in Libya and urgent humanitarian needs were met, the most important job for the United Nations was ensuring that multilateral,…

The revised Regional Flash Appeal for the Libyan Crisis (18 May 2011) has been extended by one month, through to 30 September, 2011. However some areas of response have been recalibrated to reflect new developments and…

People suspected of having fought for Colonel Mu'ammar al-Gaddafi, in particular black Libyans and sub-Saharan Africans, are increasingly at risk of abuse by anti-Gaddafi forces, Amnesty International said today after witnessing black Libyans being targeted in…

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Subjects: Libya and Bahrain 30 August 2011 (1) Libya We are extremely alarmed by the emerging reports of atrocious human rights violations in Libya, including what appear to…