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Libya: Tarbal is released; arrests continues
LBY - News | 16 February 2011
At midnight on Tuesday 15 February 2011, Fathi Tarbal, the human rights defender arrested earlier that day, was finally released and could go home to his family. However the arrests of people speaking their mind continue: Dris Al Masmari, who gave an interview on Al Jazeera on Tuesday, and Mohamed Asshiem, a well known blogger were both arrested at 7:00 this morning from their homes. Alkarama has informed the United Nations Special Procedures of these arrests and will continue to follow the situation.
Libya: Libyan human rights activist arrested by security services
LBY - News | 15 February 2011
Today at 15h30, Mr Fathi Tarbal, a 41 year old Libyan lawyer, was arrested by members of the Libyan Interior Security (Amn al Dakhlii). Mr Tarbal has worked with many human rights NGOs and provided numerous cases of human rights violations in Libya which have been communicated to the United Nations Human Rights mechanisms.
Libya: Investigate Death-in-Custody Case
LBY - News | 19 November 2010
Documents Reveal Security Officers Were Protected From Prosecution; UN Intervention Sought
(Geneva, November 19, 2010) - Recently obtained documents show that Libya's security chief blocked an investigation into the death in detention in 2006 of a man being held under questionable circumstances, the human rights groups Alkarama, TRIAL (Track Impunity Always), and Human Rights Watch said today.
Libya: Human Rights Council Reviews Libya
LBY - News | 31 October 2010
The Human Rights Council meets on 9 November 2010 to proceed with the Universal Periodic Review of Libya. Alkarama has presented a report in this context.
Libya: Student disappeared by Interior Security services
LBY - News | 21 October 2010
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Ahmed Almanafi, 18, is a first year student at the Benghazi Faculty of Medicine.
The Interior Security agents carried a violent arrest and did not present a warrant, while also refusing to inform his father why they were taking him. The family was subsequently never told where he was being taking.