Libya faces global pressure to close migrant detention centres

During a UN Human Rights Council session held on November 11^th, several countries urged Libya to close its migrant detention centres, citing widespread abuses, according to Maghrebi Week and the Libya Gazette.

Representatives of Spain, Norway, Sierra Leone, the United Kingdom, and others expressed grave alarm over the inhuman conditions that migrants endure within the facilities.

Furthermore, several international human rights organisations wrote a separate letter to Libyan officials, where they accused armed groups of operating detention centres with total impunity by obstructing court proceedings.

Maghrebi Week, Libya Gazette