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CIVILIANS KILLED IN ARMED CLASHES IN AL-ZAWIYA 
Libya Crimes Watch (LCW) documented, on Friday, 8 May 2026, the killing of two (2) civilians, including a woman, and the injury of one (1) further woman in the city of Al-Zawiya, western Libya, following the impact of shells and shrapnel on residential properties and civilian infrastructure across several areas of the city. The casualties…

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Armed clashes in the city of Al-Zawiya – Source: Social media

CIVILIANS KILLED IN ARMED CLASHES IN AL-ZAWIYA 

The Libyan Red Crescent Tripoli branch retrieves the body of a migrant – Source: Social media

REPORT: HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN LIBYA DURING APRIL 2026

Juma'a Mohammed Saad al-Sharif – Source: Social Media

DEATH OF A SUFI DETAINEE IN BENGHAZI 

Annual Report 2025 - Libya Crimes Watch

2025 ANNUAL REPORT – LIBYA: DIVISION ENTRENCHES VIOLATIONS AND UNDERMINES ACCOUNTABILITY

A security checkpoint belonging to a security agencies in Tripoli – Source: Social Media

REPORT: HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN LIBYA DURING MARCH 2026

ACCEPTING UPR RECOMMENDATIONS WITHOUT IMPLEMENTATION WILL ENTRENCH IMPUNITY 

IMPACT REPORT 2025 - Libya Crimes Watch

ON ITS SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY, LCW PUBLISHES ITS 2025 IMPACT REPORT

Activist Al-Mahdi Abu Al-Qasim Abdulati – Source: social media

ARREST OF AN ACTIVIST IN THE CITY OF MISRATA

    Our statistics since 2019

    3419

    Violation Detected

    236

    Documented Case

    189

    Case Referred

    496

    Report and complaint received

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    LCW submits recommendations memorandum to the Human Rights and National Reconciliation track within the structured dialogue

    LCW SUBMITS RECOMMENDATIONS MEMORANDUM TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS AND NATIONAL RECONCILIATION TRACK WITHIN THE STRUCTURED DIALOGUE 

    LCW participates in the structured dialogue and emphasises the importance of involving civil society in exile

    LCW PARTICIPATES IN THE STRUCTURED DIALOGUE AND EMPHASISES THE IMPORTANCE OF INVOLVING CIVIL SOCIETY IN EXILE 

    The 24th session of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) – source: LCW archives.

    LCW PARTICIPATES IN THE 24TH SESSION OF THE ASSEMBLY OF STATES PARTIES TO THE ICC 

    LCW representative delivers an oral statement at the Pre-session 50 of the UPR

    LCW CALLS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY DURING THE PRE-SESSION OF THE UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW FOR LIBYA

    Siham Sergiwa - Libyan MP - Source - Social Media

    SIX YEARS SINCE THE DISAPPEARANCE OF SIHAM SERGIWA

    International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

    AT AN INTERNATIONAL WEBINAR: LCW WARNS OF ONGOING SYSTEMATIC TORTURE IN LIBYA AND CALLS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY

    LCW calls for an international investigative mechanism during its intervention at a side event in Geneva

    LCW CALLS FOR AN INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATIVE MECHANISIM DURING ITS INTERVENTION AT A SIDE EVENT IN GENEVA  

    LCW delivers its intervention at the ICC-NGO roundtable and calls for continued investigations into Libya

    LCW DELIVERS ITS INTERVENTION AT THE ICC-NGO ROUNDTABLE AND CALLS FOR CONTINUED INVESTIGATIONS INTO LIBYA

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      The first appearance of Khaled El-Hishri (“Al-Bouti”) before the International Criminal Court – Source: ICC

      JOINT STATEMENT: GERMANY’S SURRENDER OF EL HISHRI TO THE ICC IS A TURNING POINT FOR ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE LIBYA SITUATION

      Migrants returned to a Libyan port after being intercepted at sea – Source: social media platforms.

      STATEMENT: RENEWAL OF THE MOU BETWEEN ITALY AND LIBYA REINFORCES EUROPEAN COMPLICITY IN VIOLATIONS AGAINST MIGRANTS 

      The Electoral Management building in the city of Zawiya after being attacked and having fires set in its warehouses – Source: Social media

      STATEMENT: SECURITY INTERVENTIONS AND ATTACKS ON THE HNEC UNDERMINE THE ELECTORAL PROCESS IN LIBYA

      Khaled El-Haishri – Accused of War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity, Wanted by the ICC -Source- Social Media Platforms

      JOINT STATEMENT: ARREST OF EL HISHRI IN GERMANY A BREKTHROUGH FOR INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE

      Osama Njeem -Mitiga Prison Director - Source - Social Media

      STATEMENT: LCW DEMANDS THE IMMEDIATE SURRENDER OF OSAMA NJEEM TO THE ICC 

      Municipal council elections in Al-Nasma Municipality – Source: social media platforms

      STATEMENT: LCW DOCUMENTS ARMED ATTACKS THAT THREATEN THE ELECTORAL PROCESS IN LIBYA 

      The International Criminal Court (ICC) building in The Hague, Netherlands.

      STATEMENT: LIBYA ACCEPTS ICC JURISDICTION AMID POLITICAL DIVISION AND ENTRENCHED IMPUNITY

      Ramadan Al-Mazoughi (65 years old) – A detainee at Mitiga Prison killed during the recent clashes in Tripoli.

      STATEMENT: LCW DOCUMENTS THE DEAT OF A DETAINEE IN MITIGA PRISON AND DEMANDS ITS CLOSURE