by Client Client | Dec 14, 2023 | Libyan actors
Tensions have been growing in Misrata over the last few weeks between groups aligned with Government of National Unity (GNU) Prime Minister Abdul Hameed Dabaiba (who is from Misrata) and those opposed to him. On 14 December, the Misrata Joint Force (‘al-Moshtaraka’)...
by Client Client | Dec 14, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 14 December, UN Envoy Abdoulaye Bathily met with Western (Mountain) Military Region Commander Osama Juwaili, members of his staff and commanders of units of the Western (Mountain) Military Region in al-Aziziya (a town around 30km south of Tripoli) at the camp of...
by Client Client | Dec 13, 2023 | Libyan actors
Tensions have been rising in the town of Ghadames in the south-west of Libya precipitated by the planned reopening of the Ghadames – Debdeb border with Algeria which was planned for the 12 December. This saw the Government of National Unity (GNU) mobilising its forces...
by Client Client | Dec 11, 2023 | Libyan actors
On 11 December, several international news outlets – Al Jazeera, Lighthouse Reports, the Syrian Investigative Reporting for Accountability Journalism (SIRAJ), Malta Today, Le Monde, and Der Spiegel – who have undertaken a months-long joint investigation...
by Client Client | Dec 10, 2023 | International actors
On 10 December, to mark the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the United Nations Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) called for ‘human rights to be protected and promoted as an enabler for Libya’s democratic transformation.’ UNSMIL expressed concern...
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...
