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Tripoli/Xinhua: The International Organization for Migration (IOM) on Tuesday said that 160 illegal immigrants have been rescued off the Libyan coast recently. more
Attacks on civilians, arbitrary arrests, top list of abuses in Libya: ICC Prosecutor

New York : Unabated violence, particularly in and around the Libyan capital, has now been raging for more than a year, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) told the Se ...

Libya: ‘Dire and untenable’ situation for tens of thousands of children in unrelenting conflict

New York : The world should not accept the “dire and untenable” situation facing children in wartorn Libya the head of the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, said on Friday.

Ninety-eight illegal immigrants rescued off Libya's western coast

Tripoli (Xinhua/UNI) The Libyan navy rescued 98 illegal immigrants of different African nationalities Thursday off the country's western coast.

Libya’s migrants and refugees with tuberculosis ‘left to die’ in detention centres

New York, June 8 (JEN): Migrants and refugees suffering from tuberculosis are being left “effectively to die” in a Libyan detention centre south of Tripoli, the UN human right ...

Three illegal immigrants rescued, two drown off Libyan western coast

Tripoli (Xinhua/UNI) Libyan navy on Sunday announced rescuing 73 illegal immigrants, and recovering two bodies off the country's western coast. "A coast guards patrol found a b ...

Italy shuts ports to migrant rescue ship

Milan: In a major development, Italy has refused to give permission for a rescue vessel to drop off  629 migrants which it had picked up off Libya's coast, media reports said on ...

Libyans deserve justice, as war crime suspects remain at large: Prosecutor

New York: Despite an International Criminal Court arrest warrant, a Libyan war crimes suspect remains at large and could have committed further murders, the ICC Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda ...

Libya: UN rights arm sounds alarm for safety of prisoners at imminent risk of torture

New York, July 19(Just Earth News): The United Nations human rights arm on Tuesday voiced deep concern for the safety of individuals taken prisoner by members of the Libyan army after recent ...

UN human rights report urges end to ‘unimaginable abuse’ of migrants in Libya

New York, Dec 14 (Just Earth News): A joint report launched today by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) ...