Libya Executing People Based on Secret Trials and Confessions Extracted Under Torture, Group Says
Human Rights Watch said the executions followed secret military trials and that at least 50 more prisoners in Gernada face imminent death sentences.
- On Wednesday, Human Rights Watch reported that the Libyan Arab Armed Forces executed at least 31 people since late August 2026, marking the country's first known executions since 2010.
- Secret military trials often rely on confessions allegedly extracted through torture, according to HRW, as the LAAF-affiliated Internal Security Agency reportedly used these methods to secure convictions.
- Many victims were arrested in Derna and Benghazi cities during past conflicts, with families denied access to trials or bodies; authorities reportedly refused to hand over remains, warning relatives against holding funerals.
- The United Nations and the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity condemned the actions, while at least 50 detainees in Gernada military prison face imminent execution.
- Following a November 2025 Supreme Court ruling that declared military trials of civilians unconstitutional, HRW urged governments funding the LAAF to press for a moratorium as Libya's justice sector remains fragmented.
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Another 50 people are at risk of execution in eastern Libya The post At least 31 executions of death row inmates in Haftar's eastern Libya – The first in 15 years appeared first on in.gr.
Horrifying information is emerging from secret courts in Libya. The Libyan National Army is framing government opponents in dubious cases and sentencing them to death. Since late August, 31 people have been executed by the country's notorious firing squads.
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PentapostagmaLibyan Authorities Have Carried Out at Least 31 Executions Since Late August, the First in 15 Years.
At least 50 other people held in the Guernada military prison are also at risk of immediate execution.
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The Frontier PostHRW says 31 executed by eastern Libya authorities
Human Rights Watch reports that military authorities in eastern Libya executed at least 31 people earlier in the year, marking the first death sentences carried out in Libya since 2010.
After Secret trials... Legal Charges Against the Haftar Forces for Carrying Out an "Execution wave."
Confidential trials and confessions of torture, Human Rights Watch, reveal 31 executions in eastern Libya and warn that 50 detainees are facing imminent death.
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