On 11 September, Amnesty International warned that at least 50 men under sentence of death in eastern Libya are at imminent risk of execution as the Libyan National Army (LNA) has resumed executions for the first time in Libya since 2010. Since 23 August 2026, the LNA has carried out ‘arbitrary executions of at least 30 individuals sentenced to death following grossly unfair torture-tainted and secretive trials before military courts.’ Some of those executed and at risk were convicted of murder and terrorism-related offences in relation to the armed conflict between the LNA and opposing armed groups between 2014 and 2018. Several of them reported being tortured upon arrest by LNA-affiliated armed groups to extract “confessions”, which were used as “evidence” to prosecute them. Amnesty said the LNA authorities must immediately halt all executions.
The same day, the Government of National Unity (GNU) issued a statement expressing ‘its deep condemnation of the continued implementation of death sentences against a number of prisoners in the eastern region, as well as the as well as concerns regarding the integrity of their trials and the legal and judicial safeguards afforded to them.’ The GNU called for the immediate cessation of death sentences and any similar measures, and for a review of the conditions of those sentenced and to ensure their right to fair trials and to seek legal advice and to contact their families.