President of the Nigerian community in Libya, Mr Peter Omoregbe, has said thousands of Nigerians are stranded and living with mental health conditions in the North African country after failing to ...

An eastern Libya court gave life sentences to five people convicted of human trafficking in connection with the deaths of 11 migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea.

The prison, which first opened in January of 2021, had previously held several thousand people under ghastly conditions in a set of makeshift warehouses in Tripoli, the capital of Libya.

The number and nationalities of deportees remain unclear. Libya has faced international condemnation for “harsh and life-threatening” prison conditions and arbitrary detention, according to the US ...

In response to these concerns, Mr al-Mahjoubi said the "concerns that were raised were taken seriously and current events are testimonial to that." Mr al-Arebi said they have no objections to NGO ...

Some of the worst prison conditions were mostly evident in old buildings. Mr Barclay says that some of the newly built establishments could meet international standards.

In June 1996, say human rights groups and survivors, about 1,200 inmates were killed after a prison uprising that infuriated Abdullah Senussi, Kadafi’s brother-in-law and, as Libya’s longtime ...

TRIPOLI, Libya — The prison is a vast, unmarked complex of beige buildings, topped with sandbags and surrounded by high, wire-rimmed walls. Most of the guards wear their beards long and unkempt ...

The trial of 37 mostly Gaddafi-era officials accused of serious crimes during Libya’s 2011 uprising raises serious due process concerns, Human Rights Watch said today. The trial, which began on ...