UNSMIL tells GNA it has to do better with prisons
Jun 5 Nigel Ash

UNSMIL tells GNA it has to do better with prisons

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 5 June 2017:The Government of National Accord (GNA) has to take control of all prisons in Libya to ensure detainees...

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Libya’s prison and detention system is in chaos: report
Sep 4 Sami Zaptia

Libya’s prison and detention system is in chaos: report

By Sami Zaptia.London, 4 September 2016:Libya’s prisons and its detention system is in chaos, and earlier hopes for reform have faltered, a United Sta...

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Jun 23 Nigel Ash

Government rejects HoR report of detainee torture

By Libya Herald reporters. Tripoli, 23 June 2015:The government has angrily rejected a report by Human Rights Watch whose investigators said they had...

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Justice minister says many prisoners charged with terror offences are foreign nationals
Apr 22 Sami Zaptia

Justice minister says many prisoners charged with terror offences are foreign nationals

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 22 April 2015:Libya’s Justice Minister, Mabruk Grera, said that he was unable to give an exact number of prisoners cha...

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May 5 thomwestcott

Prison staff get human rights awareness boosted by training

Tripoli, 5 May 2014:Prison officials from across Libya are taking part in a three-day training course to boost awareness of human rights and how to en...

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Nov 22 Sami Zaptia

Handover law applies equally to prison sites - Justice Minister, Salah Maraghni

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 22 November 2013:Speaking at yesterday's handover ceremony by the Sawaiq militia, based at the Islamic Call Society, Justice M...

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Oct 1 Michel Cousins

Libyans being tortured and killed in prisons say UN

Tripoli, 1 October 2013: Torture and killing of detainees in Libyan prisons is still happening according to a report issued today by UN Support Missio...

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Aug 13 thomwestcott

At least 14,000 escaped prisoners remain at large, threaten security

Tripoli, 13 August 2013:Some 14,000 prisoners remain at large, having escaped from jails across the country since the start of the revolution, accordi...

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Benghazi workshop of Human Rights for prisoners
Feb 26 Michel Cousins

Benghazi workshop of Human Rights for prisoners

By Maha Ellawati.Benghazi, 26 February 2013:A four-day workshop entitled “International Standards of Human Rights” is taking place in Benghazi.  Opene...

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Justice Minister regrets slow progress
Feb 6 thomwestcott

Justice Minister regrets slow progress

By Tom Westcott.Tripoli, 6 February 2013:The Minister of Justice, Salah Marghani, today admitted the slow progress made by the new government, and exp...

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