Articles for Libya

Libya: Two journalists risk torture and death under Gaddafi forces

Ghaith Abdul Ahad, a correspondent of the British newspaper the Guardian and Andrei Netto of the Brazilian newspaper O Estado de Sao Paulo were arrested on Monday 7 March 2011 near Sabratah, a town on the Libyan coast. Three other journalists from the BBC, arrested on the same day, were tortured for 21 hours by Gadaffi's security forces, before being released.

12 Mar 2011

Libya: Secret prisons in former Gaddafi stronghold

Recent video footage from Libya shows evidence that Colonel Gaddafi's regime is using deadly force against Libyan citizens. According to accounts, violent measures were used against citizens prior to the recent popular uprising.

08 Mar 2011

Libya – At least 250 people disappeared, 70 dead in Al Jabl Al Akhdar region

As the situation in Libya continues to evolve, hundreds of people have been killed, injured and abducted by security forces, the military and militia still loyal to Colonel Gadaffi or by foreign mercenaries under his control.

04 Mar 2011

Libya: Alkarama calls for a investigation by the International Criminal Court into crimes committed by Colonel Gaddafi and his two sons

Alkarama sent an urgent appeal this afternoon to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mrs Navanethem Pillay, requesting that she bring the grave situation in Libya, and in particular the indiscriminate killing and bombing of civilian demonstrators, to the attention of the UN Security Council with the aim that they initiate an International Criminal Court investigation.

Our organisation is especially concerned by the declarations of Seif el Islam Gaddafi, the son of the Head of State, who declared on Libyan State television on the night of 20 February 2011 that if his propos

21 Feb 2011

Libya: Violence against demonstrators by armed civilians groups leads to more than 50 dead

Following the arrest on Tuesday 15 February of a known human rights defender, Mr Fathi Tarbal, and a number of journalists, bloggers and human rights activists, peaceful demonstrations calling for an end to the government of Muammar al-Gaddafi, in power for 40 years, broke out in several cities.

18 Feb 2011

Libya: Tarbal is released; arrests continues

At midnight on Tuesday 15 February 2011, Fathi Tarbal, the human rights defender arrested earlier that day, was finally released and could go home to his family. However the arrests of people speaking their mind continue: Dris Al Masmari, who gave an interview on Al Jazeera on Tuesday, and Mohamed Asshiem, a well known blogger were both arrested at 7:00 this morning from their homes.

16 Feb 2011

Libya: Libyan human rights activist arrested by security services

Today at 15h30, Mr Fathi Tarbal, a 41 year old Libyan lawyer, was arrested by members of the Libyan Interior Security (Amn al Dakhlii).

15 Feb 2011

Libya: 23 years in prison for a crime Saleh Hmeed never committed

On 3 February 2011, Alkarama sent a communication to the Human Rights Committee requesting it examine the case of Saleh Salem Hmeed. He was arrested in 1986, severely tortured and accused of committing a crime for which there was no evidence he is culpable. He was then arbitrarily detained, following an unfair trial. When his children attempted to publicly complain about his situation in 2007, they too were arrested and subjected to torture.

On 3 November 1986, the corpse of a Hassan Mohamed Abou Naama was found in a well on a plot of farming land belonging to Mr Hmeed.

07 Feb 2011

Libya: Investigate Death-in-Custody Case

Documents Reveal Security Officers Were Protected From Prosecution; UN Intervention Sought

(Geneva, November 19, 2010) - Recently obtained documents show that Libya's security chief blocked an investigation into the death in detention in 2006 of a man being held under questionable circumstances, the human rights groups Alkarama, TRIAL (Track Impunity Always), and Human Rights Watch said today.

19 Nov 2010

Libya: Human Rights Council Reviews Libya

The Human Rights Council meets on 9 November 2010 to proceed with the Universal Periodic Review of Libya. Alkarama has presented a report in this context.

- Libya's National Report

- Report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on Libya

31 Oct 2010