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March 5, 2020 Interview

Interview: Libya’s Chaos Explained

Civilians Bear the Brunt of Renewed Fighting

Government of National Accord fighters take positions during clashes with east-based fighters from the Libyan National Army at Al-Yarmouk frontline in Tripoli, Libya on August 29, 2019.

February 18, 2020 Dispatches

EU Turns Its Back on Migrants in Distress

New Naval Mission Designed to Avoid Sea Rescues

Migrants are transfered by Italian sailors from the German combat supply ship 'Frankfurt am Main' to the their ship 'Grecale' after being rescued during EUNAVFOR MED Operation Sophia in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya, March 29, 2016.

February 13, 2020 News Release

Libya: Banned Cluster Munitions Used in Tripoli

Stop Use; Secure and Destroy Stocks

GNA checkpoint guard stands behind an expended cargo section of an RBK-250 PTAB-2.5M cluster bomb impacted into Alasfah Road near Tripoli International Airport following an attack on or around December 2, 2019, Tripoli outskirts, Libya, December 18, 2019.

February 12, 2020 Q & A

Libya: Q&A on an International Commission of Inquiry

February 12, 2020 News Release

Italy: Halt Abusive Migration Cooperation with Libya

As Abuse Is Known, Material Assistance Makes Rome Complicit

Photo released by the Libyan Coast Guard showing people disembarking in Libya after being intercepted offshore, June 24, 2018.

February 6, 2020 News Release

Tunisia: Six Orphans Brought Home from Libya

Thousands of Children of ISIS Suspects in Syria, Libya, Iraq Need Help

A woman walks with a child in Roj camp, which holds foreign wives and children of Islamic State (ISIS) members, in northeast Syria, September 2018. © 2018 Delil Souleiman/AFP/Getty Images

January 14, 2020 News Release

Libya: Reckless Fighting Endangers Civilians

International Inquiry Needed

December 21, 2019 Commentary

Lost in Libya: A Refugee’s Story of Captivity and Escape

Migrant detention center in the Tripoli suburb of Tajoura.

December 4, 2019 Dispatches

France Drops Plan to Give Boats to Libya

Libya Could Have Used Ships to Commit Abuses Against Migrants and Asylum Seekers

Migrants on a boat that they tried to take to Italy, after being detained at a Libyan Navy base in Tripoli on September 20, 2015.

December 4, 2019 Letter

Joint Letter on Establishing a Commission of Inquiry for Libya

October 24, 2019 News Release

Libya: Abducted Medical Staff Freed After 12 Days

Authorities Should Hold Captors to Account

October 19, 2019 News Release

Libya: Deadly Airstrike Apparently Unlawful

Justice Needed for 3 Children’s Deaths

September 25, 2019 News Release

France: Press for Rights in Libya Talks

Accountability Key to Any Peace Agreement

Armed forces allied to internationally recognized government fight with armed group in Tripoli, Libya September 22, 2018. © 2018 Hani Amara/Reuters

September 25, 2019 Letter

Libya: Open Letter to Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian

Re: Accountability and Human Rights Concerns in Libya

September 11, 2019 Commentary

Justice, Delayed in Libya

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