[Libya\Murdered Migrants]
Safa Msehli: “This is not the first time people are subjected to this senseless violence and confirms yet again that no one should be returned to Libya.”
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Libya
Libya: U.N. Establishes Fact-Finding Body to Investigate Abuses
[U.N.\Libya\Human Rights]
“Human Rights Watch has documented the plight of several thousand detained migrants and asylum seekers held in inhumane conditions in detention facilities run by the GNA’s Interior Ministry and by smugglers and traffickers.”
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UN MISSION CHIEF: RECENT DEADLY AIRSTRIKES IN WESTERN LIBYA TARGETING CIVILIANS “UTTERLY UNACCEPTABLE”
[Africa\Libya]
Libya has been facing ongoing instability since the fall of President Muammar Gaddafi in 2011…Overall, at least 284 civilians were killed and 363 injured in Libya this year, according to data from UNSMIL and the UN human rights office, UNHCR.
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U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL DENOUNCES DEADLY ATTACK IN NORTHERN BURKINA FASO
[Africa News\Burkina Faso]
The Secretary‑General strongly condemns the attack conducted by unidentified gunmen on 24 December in Arbinda, Soum province, northern Burkina Faso. He expresses his deep condolences to the families of the victims.
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AFRICAN UNION CHAIRPERSON MAHAMAT CONCLUDES VISIT WITH SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT RAMAPHOSA
[Africa News\South Africa]
During the meeting with the African Union Chairperson, President Ramaphosa emphasized his commitment to deepen engagement regarding unresolved conflicts on the Continent, including Libya, as part of South Africa’s desire to accelerate action to Silence the Guns by 2020.
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HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: ABDUCTED HUMANITARIAN MEDICAL STAFF IN LIBYA HAVE BEEN FREED
[Africa News\Libya]
Eric Goldstein of Human Rights Watch.“Nothing can justify grabbing medical workers and holding them as bargaining chips for the release of an imprisoned man. “The authorities in Zintan should do what they can to hold the captors to account to deter future attacks of this type.”
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RWANDA, AFRICAN UNION AND U.N. AGREE TO EVACUATE REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS FROM LIBYA
[Libya News]
The Government of Rwanda, the African Union, and the U.N. have signed an agreement to help African refugees and asylum seekers get out of Libya.
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U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT CONDEMNS LIBYA CAR BOMBING THAT KILLED THREE U.N. STAFF
[Libya News]
U.N. Security President Joanna Wronecka: “Members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attack on a United Nations convoy on 10 August 2019 in Benghazi. Those behind the attack should be identified and held accountable.”
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