by Client Client | Dec 6, 2023 | International actors
On 6 December, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said that an independent inquiry is needed to review failings in Libyan authorities’ management of catastrophic flooding in eastern Libya in September 2023, which killed thousands and destroyed whole neighbourhoods in Derna and...
by Client Client | Dec 6, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 6 December, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) published a report called “You’re going to die here” – Abuse in Abu Salim and Ain Zara detention centres in which the organisation find that refugees, asylum seekers and migrants held inside detention centres in Tripoli...
by Client Client | Dec 5, 2023 | International actors
On 5 December, Italian Rear Admiral Stefano Turchetto, currently EU Operation Commander of Operation EUNAVFOR MED IRINI, praised the support given to his mission by the EU members, including ‘military units’ and intelligence. He stated that the current ‘Middle Eastern...
by Client Client | Dec 3, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 3 December, Government of National Stability (GNS) Minister of Interior Essam Abu Zuriba held a meeting in Benghazi on the negative effects of irregular migration at the local level with the head of the Criminal Investigation Agency, the chair of the House of...
by Client Client | Dec 3, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 3 December, the National Commission for Human Rights in Libya (NCHRL) expressed deep concern about the repeal of the anti-migration law in Niger. According to the commission, this will encourage human trafficking networks and lead to a sharp increase in illegal...
by Client Client | Dec 2, 2023 | International actors
On 2 December, Libyan National Army (LNA) commander Khalifa Haftar received the Russian Deputy Defence Minister Yunusbek Yevkurov in Benghazi (on his third visit this year). The LNA General Command said the two discussed ways for mutual cooperation between Libya and...
by Client Client | Dec 1, 2023 | International actors
On 1 December, the Government of National Union (GNU) released four members of Hamas – Marwan al-Ashqar, Nasib Shabir, Muayyad Abed, and Baraa al-Ashqar – who had been held in detention since 2016 in the Rada-controlled prison at Mitiga airport and...
by Client Client | Nov 30, 2023 | International actors
On 30 November, the Turkish parliament approved the presidential motion extending the Turkish army’s mandate in Libya for an additional 24 months, starting on 2 January 2024.
by Client Client | Nov 28, 2023 | International actors
On 28 November, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Interior Emad Trabelsi participated in the International Conference on a Global Alliance to Counter Migrant Smuggling, which was held at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels. The conference...
by Client Client | Nov 27, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 27 and 28 November, the Government of National Unity (GNU) hosted an international conference on legal migration in Tripoli under the title ‘A Safe Mediterranean, a Stable South’ to discuss targeted legal labour migration to Libya. The event was attended by...
