United Nations (AP) — More than 12,000 detainees are officially detained in 27 prisons and detention facilities across Libya, and thousands more are illegally and often managed by “armed groups or” secret “facilities. The UN Secretary said he was detained in “the inhumane state of the facility.” With a new report. He said thousands of detainees (more than 12,000) not listed in the official statistics provided by the Libyan authorities could not challenge the legal basis for their continued detention. “I am seriously concerned about the ongoing human rights abuses of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Libya,” Guterres said in a report to the UN Security Council. As of December 14, the Coast Guard intercepted 30,990 migrants and refugees and returned them to Libya, he said.

Source: Libya Today January 17, 2022 23:43 UTC