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Libya: United Nations (UN) experts alarmed at reports of trafficking in persons, arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances and torture of migrants and refugees

GENEVA (21 July 2023) – UN experts* expressed serious concern about the situation of migrants and refugees in Libya who were allegedly held captive and tortured, subsequently released by Libyan authorities and transferred to unknown places of detention, where they are reportedly at risk of further serious human rights violations, including acts tantamount to enforced disappearance.

The International Centre for Migration Policy Development is arming countries along European borders with surveillance tech and training to keep migrants out of Europe.

U.N. investigators have accused Libyan state security forces and armed militia groups of committing a wide array of crimes with impunity, many of which could amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity. The three-member U.N. Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya on Monday presented...

U.N. investigators have accused Libyan state security forces and armed militia groups of committing a wide array of crimes with impunity, many of which could amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity. The three-member U.N. Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya on Monday presented...

Survivors of violence among 93 vulnerable individuals on board first evacuation flight to Italy for two years as part of new emergency mechanism.

Survivors of violence among 93 vulnerable individuals on board first evacuation flight to Italy for two years as part of new emergency mechanism.