Witnesses told Amnesty that protesters and other critics of the authorities were arrested. He was forcibly disappeared for three days before being released following interventions by a prominent Libyan Arab Armed Forces commander. From the onset of the crisis, journalists reported the need for security clearance and other access restrictions and interference in their work by Libyan Arab Armed Forces affiliates. Two Libyan journalists told Amnesty that local officials stopped and interrogated them on 14 September, before ordering them to leave the city. The Libyan Arab Armed ForcesThe Libyan Arab Armed Forces control and carry out government-like functions in Benghazi, Libya’s second-largest city, as well as large swathes of eastern and southern Libya.

Source: Libya Today September 21, 2023 17:14 UTC