US EditionLibya's security authorities free more than 200 migrants from 'secret prison', two security sources say
Authorities rescued over 200 sub-Saharan African migrants held up to two years in underground cells amid Libya's weak security and human trafficking crisis.
- On Jan 18, Libya’s security authorities freed more than 200 migrants from a secret prison in Kufra, southeast Libya, mainly from Somalia and Eritrea, including women and children, security sources said.
- Since 2011, Libya has served as a transit route for migrants to Europe after Muammar Gaddafi's toppling, while its oil-based economy draws impoverished migrants amid weak security and abuse risks.
- Security sources said they found an underground prison nearly three meters deep run by a Libyan human trafficker, uncovering inhumane subterranean cells where freed migrants were held up to two years.
- On Friday, Libya’s attorney general said a defendant referred to court faces charges after at least 21 bodies found in a mass grave last week and up to 10 survivors showed signs of torture.
- Kufra, about 1,700 kilometres from Tripoli, houses tens of thousands of Sudanese refugees and highlights migrant abuses far from Libya’s capital, security sources said.
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The case is said to be one of the worst crimes against humanity in eastern Libya.
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Libya’s Attorney General’s Office on Friday announced the discovery of a mass grave containing the remains of 21 individuals. A prosecutor at the Benghazi Attorney General’s Office charged an individual with the initials (M.F.H.) with human trafficking in connection with the discovery. A joint investigation by the Internal Security Agency and Battalion 166 led to the discovery of the mass grave. The investigators ordered that DNA samples be coll…
In Libya, criminals hold refugees hostage to extort money from relatives. In two raids, security forces now freed hundreds of people – and found mass graves.
Libya's security authorities free more than 200 migrants from 'secret prison', two security sources say
Libya's security authorities have freed more than 200 migrants from what they described as a secret prison in the town of Kufra in the southeast of the country after they were held captive in inhuman conditions, two security sources from the city told Reuters on Sunday.
Up to 200 migrants in Kufra freed from slavery: several arrests take place - The Maltese Herald
Up to 200 African Black migrants held captive in the Libyan city of Kufra have been freed. The migrants spent up to two years under captivity and several arrests took place. Kufra, near to the border of Sudan, is commonly known as a smuggling hub. This is not the first time that raids took place in Kufra over migrant-smuggling and kidnapping. Ina separate operation, the Libyan security forces in collaboration with the Attorney-General clamped do…
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