{"id":25505,"date":"2024-07-05T12:19:07","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T10:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lcw.ngo\/en\/?p=25505"},"modified":"2024-09-01T13:26:33","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T11:26:33","slug":"report-human-rights-violations-in-libya-during-june-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lcw.ngo\/en\/blog\/report-human-rights-violations-in-libya-during-june-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Human Rights Violations in Libya during June 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Introduction:<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

The Monitoring and Documentation Department of the Libya Crimes Watch (LCW) continued to monitor the human rights situation and document violations and international crimes committed against civilians Through field investigations, the monitoring team recorded (11) arbitrary arrests during the month, distributed between the cities of Al-Bayda and Tripoli. The team also documented an extrajudicial killing in Al-Bayda and the recovery of three bodies of migrants from the shores of Tobruk and Sabratha. Additionally, the team monitored the injury of a child and a migrant due to armed clashes in Zuwarah, and the injury of two migrants due to landmines south of Tripoli.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As always, we emphasize that these figures do not necessarily reflect the total number of violations, but rather represent only the violations that have been monitored and verified by the ground monitoring team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Details:<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

June 1st:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

the LCW monitored the arrest of five (5) members of the Social Council of Souq Al-Jum’aa and Al-Nawahi Al-Arbaa by the Internal Security Agency (ISA) in Tripoli. This occurred after a general meeting of the Supreme Reconciliation Council in Tripoli. They were arbitrarily detained for two days without legal procedures until their release through social mediations on June 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 3rd:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The LCW monitored the death of Ashraf Hamad Omar Al-Masmari 34 years old, under mysterious circumstances at the Internal Security Agency (ISA) Prison in Benghazi. This occurred one day after his arrest on June 3, following his participation in football-related protests in Al-Bayda city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Al-Masmari was arrested by armed individuals in civilian clothes in Al-Bayda city, after which contact with him was lost. His family received a call from officials of the ISA informing them of his death without specifying the reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the same date, the ISA and the General Directors of Criminal Investigation launched a series of arrests targeting at least five men who participated in protests on May 27 in Al-Bayda. These protests led to violence resulting in the cancellation of a football match in Benghazi. Two of those arrested were released on June 6 without any legal proceedings being taken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 5th:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The LCW monitored the arrest of Salama Rajab Al-Barassi after his car was intercepted near his workplace in Al-Bayda by the General Administration of Criminal Investigation. He was taken to a prison in Benghazi and remained forcibly detained for 10 days before being released without any formal charges or referral to the judiciary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 13th:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The LCW monitored the injury of two migrants with moderate wounds due to the explosion of a landmine left over from the war while they were working on a farm in the Al-Khuhili area in the Ain Zara municipality, on the outskirts of Tripoli. The Emergency and Ambulance Service transported them to the hospital for necessary treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 18th:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The LCW monitored the discovery of two bodies believed to belong to migrants on a beach near the city of Sabratha. The bodies were retrieved by the Sabratha Red Crescent and taken to the hospital for procedures by local authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 25th:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The LCW monitored the discovery of a body near the beach in the Ain Gazala area east of the city of Tobruk, believed to belong to a migrant. The body was retrieved by the Tobruk Red Crescent and referred to the medical centre for necessary procedures by local authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 26th:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The LCW monitored the injury of an 11-year-old girl by a shrapnel bullet that penetrated her home in Zuwarah due to clashes in the city’s outskirts between the Zuwarah Military Operations Room and the 55th Infantry Battalion of the General Staff of the Government of National Unity. A migrant worker was also moderately injured by a stray bullet due to the same clashes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The LCW monitored the injury of three children with serious wounds due to the explosion of a landmine left from the war in their home’s yard in the Airport Road area south of Tripoli. One of the children sustained head injuries from shrapnel, and his condition remains critical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 29th:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The LCW monitored the discovery of an unidentified body in the forests on the outskirts of Surman city, west of Tripoli, bearing signs of torture. The body was transported by local authorities to Surman Hospital for identification and determination of the cause of death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recommendations:<\/h1>\n\n\n\n