Six Libyans are facing the death penalty for converting to Christianity and proselytising under laws increasingly being used to silence civil society and human rights organisations, say activists. A US citizen was arrested by Libya’s Internal Security Agency (ISA) last month, but was released and is understood to have left the country. His face unclear in the video, Madi said: “I was born in 1977 and I was arrested by the Internal Security Unit for converting to Christianity. According to the human rights organisation Humanists International, Libya’s legislation is largely based around religion. A number of Libyan human rights activists have been killed or have had to flee the country.
