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Libya: Fresh Evidence of 'Horrifying' Abuse in Migrant Detention Centres - New Report
AI London, 15 July 2021
Authorities have rebranded notorious militia-run facilities - even appointing old staff More than 700 drownings in central Mediterranean in last six months, with Libyan coastguard… Read more »
Fresh Evidence of Abuse in Libya's Migrant Detention Centres
Amnesty International has published fresh evidence of appalling human right abuses against people detained in Libya's notorious migrant detention centres as it called on European countries to suspend border control cooperation with Libya ahead of a debate by the Italian parliament on the issue.
in a 52-page report, former detainees at Tripoli's Shara' al-Zawiya centre disclosed how guards raped women, while others were coerced into sex in exchange for their release, or for essentials like clean water.
Two young women at the facility reportedly attempted suicide as a result of abuse. Three women also said that two babies detained with their mothers after an attempted sea crossing died, after guards refused to transfer them to hospital for urgent medical treatment.
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7 July 2021
'No One Will Look For You' - Forcibly Returned From Sea to Abusive Detention in Libya
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- Amnesty International
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- Amnesty International
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Libya has long been unsafe for refugees and migrants. Both state and non-state actors subject them to a catalogue of human rights violations and ... see more »
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Libya: 49 Bangladeshi Migrants Rescued Off Zarzis (Defence)
Tunis Afrique Presse, 8 July 2021
A unit of the national navy rescued, on Thursday, 49 Bangladeshi undocumented migrants, who boarded the oil platform "Didon", after their boat broke down 80 km off the coast of… Read more »
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Libya: MSF Suspends Work in Libyan Detention Centers in Protest Over Violence
RFI, 27 June 2021
Medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) announced it would suspend its medical care at two Libyan detention centres due to the unacceptable level of violence, and will not… Read more »
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Libya: IOM and UNHCR Condemn the Return of Migrants and Refugees to Libya
UNHCR, 16 June 2021
Joint UNHCR/IOM press release Read more »
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Africa: As Pandemic Subsides, Migrants Resume Unsafe Journeys to Europe
VOA, 18 May 2021
Following a lull in arrivals of migrants in Italy due to the pandemic, hundreds have now resumed risking their lives in search for a better future in Europe. As weather conditions… Read more »
InFocus
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Warring parties in Libya, as well as foreign governments supporting them, are being urged to investigate deadly airstrikes last July which killed at least 53 migrants and refugees ... Read more »
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Dozens were killed in an air strike on a centre housing migrants on the outskirts of Tripoli, with many more wounded. It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the ... Read more »
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Rwanda has fullfilled it's commitment made in 2017, to host African refugees trapped in Libya, as European nations stepped up migrant controls. President Paul Kagame made the ... Read more »
