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May 2, 2026

Libya: second incident in a week, body of a Sufi sheikh found in a Benghazi prison

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The Supreme Council of Sufism in Libya announced the discovery of the body of citizen Omar Al-Farsi (64) in the city of Benghazi, confirming that the victim had been arbitrarily detained prior to his death in prisons run by the “Madkhalis“, as it described.

December 2, 2025

Libya: ICC accuses prison commander of murder and sexual violence

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ICC prosecutors say Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri, a former senior commander at Mitiga prison in Libya, ordered or oversaw murders, torture, rape and other sexual violence between 2015 and 2020.

July 13, 2025

Libya: judicial police, UN mission discuss prison reform and human rights

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Libya’s Judicial Police Authority has held talks with the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) to explore ways of strengthening human rights standards and prison management practices across the country’s correctional system.

May 11, 2025

Libya: incarcerated people at Garnada prison dies of medical negligence

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Libyan Crimes Watch has revealed the death of Faisal Awad Abshish, detained at the Garnada military prison, at the hospital in the city of Al-Bayda after his health deteriorated due to medical negligence during his detention.

January 15, 2025

Libya: UN Libya mission alarmed by reported torture footage in detention facility

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The U.N. Libya mission expressed its alarm over what it said was footage circulating on social media featuring “brutal torture and ill-treatment” of people in jail at the Gernada detention facility in eastern Libya.

October 11, 2021

Libye : des crimes contre l’humanité auraient été commis dans les prisons et contre des migrants

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June 7, 2019

Libya: l'ONU dénonce les conditions de détention «épouvantables» des migrants

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February 1, 2018

Libya prison mates hit the road to curb Gambian migration

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ESSAU, Gambia (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Sitting in their dusty schoolyard in rural Gambia, the students shook with laughter as they watched a skit about a naive migrant embarking on the treacherous journey across Africa to Europe.

November 9, 2017

Libye : VIDEO - des images des prisons clandestines où sont séquestrés les migrants kidnappés

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February 11, 2017

La prisión de las mujeres del Estado Islámico en Libia

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