Words to Deeds: Libya’s Urgent Need for Human Rights Reform

Publisher:
Human Rights Watch
Publication Date:
25 January 2006
Tags:
Libya, Corruption, Human Rights, Legal and Judicial Affairs, Press and Media, Environment

The 84-page report, Words to Deeds: Libya’s Urgent Need for Human Rights Reform is based primarily on Human Rights Watch’s first-ever trip to Libya, made in mid-2005, which the organization praised as a welcome step towards transparency. The authorities provided access to a wide range of high-level officials, as well as police stations, an immigration detention center and five prisons, where 32 prisoners were interviewed in private. However, government guides escorted Human Rights Watch researchers at all other times and controlled unauthorized contact with Libyans and foreigners in the country.

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