Libyan actors
Tracking developments of Libyan Actors in Libya’s security space including armed group activity, state security operations and political activities pertaining to Libya’s security.
LCW reports at least 11 arrests of journalists between 2024 and 2025
To mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, the Libyan Crime Watch (LCW) organisation said it had documented at least eleven arrests of journalists between 2024 and 2025. The arrests were reportedly carried out by armed groups and...
Attorney General orders three detentions for kidnapping of Tripoli security company director
On 2 November, the Attorney General ordered the detention of three individuals accused of kidnapping Muhammed bin Ismail, Director of the Public Services Company in Tripoli. He was reportedly kidnapped in early October. The AG said that previous court sentences will...
444 Brigade denies cutting off fuel shipments to southern region
On 2 November, the 444 Brigade’s media office refuted rumours circulating about it cutting off fuel shipments to the southern region. It clarified that daily fuel shipments from Tripoli Fuel Depots to the southern region continue at a rate of 600,000 to 800,000 litres...
Dabaiba under pressure after arrest of education minister over school textbook irregularities
On 1 November, the Attorney General’s Office ordered the detention of the Tripoli-based Acting Minister of Education, Ali Al-Abed, and the Director General of the Curriculum and Educational Research Centre pending further investigation for harming the public interest...
Ghat residents attacked by LNA-affiliated Battalion 101, says NIHRL
On 1 November, the National Institution for Human Rights in Libya (NIHRL) said that residents of the Fayut neighbourhood of Ghat municipality were subjected to an armed attack by members of Battalion 101, affiliated with the Libyan National Army (LNA). The attack...
Amnesty International urges investigations into unlawful killings of Tebu community members in Kufra
On 30 October, Amnesty International called for the Attorney General to ‘conduct prompt, thorough, independent, impartial and transparent investigations into all unlawful killings and murders of members of the Tebu community over the past three months in the Kufra...
GNU orders MSF to leave Libya, ending INGO medical care to refugees and migrants
On 29 October, the NGO Doctors without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)) announced that they had received a letter from the Government of National Unity (GNU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs ordering the organisation to leave Libya by 9 November. MSF explained that...
NIHRL confirms death by torture under Benghazi Security Directorate
On 28 October, the National Institution for Human Rights in Libya (NIHRL) confirmed the death of citizen Mahmoud al-Zintani as a result of severe torture inflicted by members of the Benghazi Security Directorate – this was after videos circulated online. It said that...
Eastern and Western security institutions agree on joint border security centre in Benghazi
On 28 October, in a move aimed at consolidating Libya’s fragmented security apparatus, military and security representatives from across the country agreed on the location for a new Joint Border Security Communication and Information Exchange Centre, scheduled to...