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Amnesty Calls for Accountability in Libya After Deadly Floods

Six months after catastrophic floods in Derna, Libya, resulted in the death of at least 4,352 people and displaced thousands, Amnesty International reports a lack of accountability and justice from Libyan authorities.

A new report, "In seconds everything changed": Justice and redress elusive for Derna flood survivors highlights the fact that both the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU) and the Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF), in de facto control of disaster-hit areas, failed to issue adequate warnings and take other key risk mitigation measures ahead of Storm Daniel, which triggered the collapse of two dams upstream from Derna.

 

The report highlights a crackdown on dissent, arbitrary arrests, and ongoing trials of lower-ranking officials, raising concerns about impunity for higher-ranking individuals.

Amnesty International calls on the international community to support efforts for an international mechanism to investigate and monitor human rights abuses in Libya, saying that the an urgent need for accountability in the fragmented political landscape.

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The aftermath of the flood in the Libyan city of Derna.

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