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Libya: 48,000 Internally Displaced People Can't Go Home
HRW, 24 January 2019
Most of the 48,000 former residents of the Libyan town of Tawergha, forcibly displaced for seven years, have not been able to return home. Despite reconciliation agreements that… Read more »
48,000 Internally Displaced Libyans Can't Go Home 7 Years On
Tawerghans have been dispersed around the country since the uprising that ousted Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. In August of that year, the entire civilian population fled approaching anti-Gaddafi armed groups, predominantly from Misrata, fearing attacks and reprisals.
Children at the site for people displaced from the town of Tawergha during the 2011 Libyan civil war. "Airport Road / Turkish compound" site in Tripoli, November, 2011.
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