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Libya: Mr. Amhamed Ahwishy, victim of torture and enforced disappearance
LBY - News | 25 May 2012
Alkarama has seized the Special Procedures of the United Nation today of the case of Mr. Amhamed Ahwishy, a 42-year-old Libyan citizen and a father of four, who has been arbitrarily detained and submitted to acts of torture since 18 October 2011.
Amhamed Ahwishy was arrested in Wadi Masour on 18 October 2011 by a group of armed men that presented themselves as members of "the Katiba of 28 May," a revolutionary brigade of Bani Walid.
Libya: Arbitrary detention of Mr. Sayed Qaddaf Dam, cousin of the former head of state Muammar Qaddafi
LBY - News | 23 May 2012
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When he was arrested, he was awaiting a surgical procedure on his spinal column to treat lesions from which he suffers. Since his placement in detention, his general state of wellbeing has suffered due to the absence of adequate medical attention.
Libya: Mr. Rifat Al Khwildy, a journalist who participated in the revolution, is arbitrarily detained and is the victim of torture and ill-treatment
LBY - News | 14 May 2012
Alkarama seized the Special Rapporteur on Torture and the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention of the case of Mr. Rifat Al Khwildy, a victim of arbitrary detention and torture for nine months.
A 27-year-old journalist, Mr. Al Khwildy participated in the Revolutionary Movement of 17 February 2011. Having learned that his name appeared on a list of people that were opposed to the revolution and that he was now the object of an investigation, he turned himself into the Military Council in Tripoli on 4 September 2011.
Libya : Mr Salem Mohamed, enforced disappeared for over a month
LBY - News | 01 August 2011
28 June 2011, 3:30 a.m. Salem Mohamed's home in the Abu Slim district of Tripoli is quiet when suddenly twenty security agents violently break down the front door. They are all heavily armed, some are wearing hoods others are in civilian clothing. The 31-year-old academic, father to two children, is immediately handcuffed and taken by force in a military car to an unknown destination. Forty minutes later, some of the agents came back to his home and confiscate Salem's personal documents and belongings.
Libya: Summary executions at Bani Walid
LBY - News | 27 June 2011
Seven people arrested by soldiers of the Libya army were summarily executed 28 May 2011 at Bani Walid. These victims are identified as Libyan civilians who were fleeing Libya and taking refuge in a collective home of Egyptian workers who were also executed during the incident. The exact number and identities of all of the victims remains unknown.