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Joint allegation letter — Libya (7/2022)

UN Special Proceduresallegation2022-09-23
Respondent: Libya
Torture mandate (ICCPR Art. 7 / CAT)

Summary

Information received concerning the failure to conduct effective investigations into the potentially unlawful deaths of Mr. Ibrahim Alhamil on 20 November 2013, Mr. Suwayh Mahmud Alhamil on 17 November 2014, and Mr. Murad Alhamil on 11 June 2014 in Tarhuna when the region was reportedly under the control of the Al-Kany militia; as well as into the disappearance, torture and subsequent death in custody of Mr. Abdulaziz Salem Husain Bashasha on 13 August 2021; and into the alleged killing of Mr. Ahmed Mohammed Al-Qamoudi Zoiat on 12 August 2021, in the course of an interception at sea off the Libyan coast, by unidentified armed men believed to belong to the Stabilisation Support Agency. Alleged victims: 5 More details...

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