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New York: UN agencies and partners are responding to the disaster unfolding in eastern Libya after extreme rainfall caused devastating flooding and loss of life over the weekend, humanitarians told reporters in Geneva on Tuesday. more
Libya boat wreck leaves seven Pakistani die

Islamabad: At least seven Pakistani nationals died in a boat wreck in Libya’s port city of Benghazi, the country's Foreign office confirmed on Thursday.

Libya: human rights abuses must be addressed, says UN probe

New York: Top UN-appointed independent rights investigators on Monday urged the authorities to share more information on mass graves and other serious crimes linked to the country’s ...

UN rights report details ‘unconscionable’ violations of migrants returning from Libya

Migrants in Libya who are compelled to accept so-called ‘assisted returns’ to their countries of origin often find themselves as victims of widespread and systematic human rig ...

Libya: Human rights abuses, political stalemates, electoral delays mar progress

New York: The overall situation in Libya remains “highly volatile”, Martha Pobee, UN Assistant Secretary-General for political affairs and peace operations, told the Security ...

Libya detention centres remain places of violations and abuse: experts

New York: Many of Libya’s migrant detention centres remain places of terrible and systematic abuse, that may amount to crimes against humanity, top rights investigators said on Mond ...

Human rights crackdowns in Libya having ‘a seriously chilling effect’

New York: A deepening crackdown on civil society in Libya, has prompted the concern of the UN human rights office, which noted on Friday that arbitrary arrests and a campaign of social me ...

UN says at least 70 migrants dead or missing off Libyan coast

New York: Over the past two weeks, at least 70 migrants have gone missing at sea and are presumed dead off the coast of Libya, the UN migration agency said on Thursday.

Alert over spike in security operations against Libya migrants

Migrants and asylum seekers in Libya have been facing increasingly heavy-handed treatment from targeted security operations, that have resulted in at least one death and a steep increase ...

Libya: War crimes likely committed since 2016, UN probe finds

New York: War crimes and crimes against humanity have likely been committed in Libya by all parties to conflict since 2016 including by external actors, a Human Rights Council-appointed p ...