Libya must take decisive steps to address serious rights violations: UN Fact-Finding Mission on Libya
Jan 30 Sami Zaptia

Libya must take decisive steps to address serious rights violations: UN Fact-Finding Mission on Libya

Libyan authorities must take decisive steps to provide justice and redress to the vast number of victims suffering from longstanding violations of hum...

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Aug 19 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL condemns Man-Made River tribal armed closure

By Sami Zaptia.London, 19 August 2021:UNSMIL condemned on Tuesday the tribal armed closure of the Hasawna system, the Jafara plain branch of the Man-M...

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Dec 10 Sami Zaptia

Working Group welcomes LPDF commitments to respect human rights

By Sami Zaptia.London, 10 December 2020: The co-chairs of the Working Group on International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights under the Berlin proces...

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Jul 30 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL reports 358 Libyan civilian casualties, a 173 per cent increase on 2020 first quarter

By Sami Zaptia.London, 30 July 2020: Between 1 April and 30 June 2020, UNSMIL documented at least 358 civilian casualties (106 deaths and 252 injuries...

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Jun 24 Sami Zaptia

International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and Human Rights Working Group on Libya launched

By Sami Zaptia.London, 24 June 2020:UNSMIL announced yesterday the launch of the  and Human Rights Working Group on Libya. The launch comes as part of...

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Jun 19 Sami Zaptia

Serious violations of human rights and humanitarian law continue to be committed with complete impunity in Libya: UNSMIL’s Williams

By Sami Zaptia.London, 19 June 2020:Speaking at the 44th Session of the Human Rights Council yesterday, Acting SRSG and UNSMIL head Stephanie Williams...

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Jun 17 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL concerned about ill-treatment of Egyptians by Tripoli-aligned forces in Tarhuna

By Sami Zaptia.London, 17 June 2020:UNSMIL said yesterday that it was concerned about the arrest, detention and ill-treatment of a large number of Egy...

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Jun 15 Sami Zaptia

UN Secretary-General Guterres deeply shocked by multiple mass graves in Libya

By Sami Zaptia.UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres (Photo: UN)London, 15 June 2020:The Spokesperson to the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres sai...

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Jun 10 Sami Zaptia

Haftar should publicly renew his 2011 pledge to stop using landmines, destroy his stocks: HRW

By Sami Zaptia.London, 10 June 2020:Libyan National Army commander Khalifa Hafter should publicly renew his 2011 pledge to stop using landmines and in...

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May 26 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL condemns use of booby-traps (IEDs) in Tripoli civilian areas recently vacated by Hafter’s forces

By Sami Zaptia.London, 26 May 2020:UNSMIL said yesterday that it was extremely concerned about reports that residents of the Ain Zara and Salahuddin a...

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