Entries by Defender Center

Libya: 3,500 displaced people from Tawergha remain homeless, without solutions guaranteeing humane housing

21/10/2023 Civilians from the city Tawergha, mostly women and children, have been  forcibly displaced to Benghazi camps, beginning in 2011.  Armed groups affiliated with general command in eastern Libya have forced 3.5 thousand displaced people from Tawergha to evacuate these camps without providing alternatives or other places to shelter, further prolonging their suffering. Since 10 […]

Accountability Action Group calls for an independent international inquiry into the catastrophe in Derna and east Libya

26/09/2023 The Defender Center for Human Rights, Libya Crimes Watch (LCW), Tahra organisation and Lawyers for Justice in Libya (LFJL) echo the demands of residents of Derna for an impartial, fair and independent investigation into the disastrous collapse of two dams upstream of Derna, which led to the death of thousands of people. The group […]

We Call for immediate disclosure of the conditions of detainees in Qirnada prisons after Hurricane Daniel and the provision of immediate assistance to the affected

Joint statement We call for immediate disclosure of the conditions of detainees in Qirnada prisons after Hurricane Daniel and the provision of immediate assistance to the affected September 18, 2023 The Qirnada prison complex, located near the city of Bayda in eastern Libya, was flooded due to Hurricane Daniel on September 10, 2023, according to […]

JOINT STATEMENT – Libya: Security chaos and systematic armed intimidation of workforce in judicial facilities further undermines the role of the judiciary in restoring the rule of law and monitoring elections

21/06/2023 Libya, 21 June 2023 – The undersigned organizations condemn the flagrant assault on Ahmed al-Qataani, Public Prosecutor and Director of the Public Order Prosecution Department in the Court of Appeal  in the Benghazi Jurisdiction. On Tuesday, 13 June 2023, an armed group kidnapped al-Qataani from his office and detained him in relation to a […]

On World Refugee Day – Libyan Authorities arbitrarily detain Hundreds of Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Inhumane Conditions

20/06/2023  Circumstances forced millions of people to leave their original homelands and flee in search of a safe place, to resume their lives anew, and in this perilous journey many of them lose their lives, and many of them are subjected to ill-treatment, humiliation, extortion and sexual violence. June 20 marks World Refugee Day to […]

Research paper : Freedom of the Press in Libya: A Long Way to Go

19/06/2023  An assessment of the state of freedom of the press in Libya, in law and in practice, including perspectives from civil society and media practitioners.By Nadège Lahmar : Human rights researcher and consultant focusing on North Africa. She previously worked as Maghreb Researcher for the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS). She holds […]

CHRDA & 37 NGOs : Palestine: ­Israeli Apartheid – The Legacy of the Ong­­­­oing Nakba at 75

May 15, 2023 Seventy-five years have passed since the Palestinian people were ethnically cleansed and forcibly expelled from their homes, lands, and property in their ancestral land during the 1948 Nakba (meaning ‘catastrophe’ in Arabic). Palestinian society was decimated during the Nakba, 531 Palestinian villages were destroyed, and more than 70 massacres were carried out […]

JOINT PRESS RELEASE – ICC arrest warrants: An encouraging step for justice in Libya

JOINT PRESS RELEASE – 18/05/2023 Libya Crimes Watch (LCW), Defender Center for Human Rights (CHRDA), and Lawyers for Justice in Libya (LFJL) welcome the recent announcement of arrest warrants by the International Criminal Court (ICC or the Court) against suspects allegedly involved in committing international crimes Libya. This development marks a promising first step towards […]