Interactive Map of Mass and Deliberate Destruction in Tawergha, Libya


Four shipping containers used as an improvised clinic Tawergha, Libya, September, 2018 © Human Rights Watch

Destroyed water tank Tawergha, Libya, September, 2018 © Human Rights Watch

Heavily damaged and vandalized private house Tawergha, Libya, September, 2018 © Human Rights Watch

Destroyed private house Tawergha, Libya, September, 2018 © Human Rights Watch

Destroyed and vandalized shops in commercial building Tawergha, Libya, September, 2018 © Human Rights Watch

Ten shipping containers used as a temporary school Tawergha, Libya, September, 2018 © Human Rights Watch

Heavily damaged main commercial bank branch (white building) Tawergha, Libya, September, 2018 © Human Rights Watch

Damaged ward in Tawergha General Hospital Tawergha, Libya, September, 2018 © Human Rights Watch

Extensively damaged, vandalized Tawergha secondary school for girls Tawergha, Libya, September, 2018 © Human Rights Watch

Extensively damaged, vandalized al-Dhia’ school Tawergha, Libya, September, 2018 © Human Rights Watch

Burnt out cars in front of damaged private houses Tawergha, Libya, September, 2018 © Human Rights Watch

Heavily damaged court house Tawergha, Libya, September, 2018 © Human Rights Watch

Children at temporary camp for displaced families in damaged former school Tawergha, Libya, September, 2018 © Human Rights Watch

Boy in his damaged, vandalized home Tawergha, Libya, September, 2018 © Human Rights Watch

Destroyed furniture behind a private house Tawergha, Libya, September, 2018 © Human Rights Watch

Damaged and vandalized private house, pulled out electric cables Tawergha, Libya, September, 2018 © Human Rights Watch

Destroyed water tank Tawergha, Libya, September, 2018 © Human Rights Watch

Destroyed, vandalized private house Tawergha, Libya, September, 2018 © Human Rights Watch

Destroyed and vandalized private houses, old Tawergha Tawergha, Libya, September, 2018 © Human Rights Watch

Vandalized water purification plant, old Tawergha Tawergha, Libya, September, 2018 © Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch visited the Libyan town of Tawergha, where only a handful of the 48,000 former residents forcibly displaced for seven years have returned to their homes. This interactive map displays the massive and deliberate destruction of the town and its infrastructure and is accompanied by photos taken by Human Rights Watch researchers in September 2018.
Human Rights Watch visited the Libyan town of Tawergha, where only a handful of the 48,000 former residents forcibly displaced for seven years have returned to their homes. This interactive map displays the massive and deliberate destruction of the town and its infrastructure and is accompanied by photos taken by Human Rights Watch researchers in September 2018.