Libya: Fear of torture / possible unlawful killings: Mass arrests in Benghazi, Darna and al-Baydha

Index Number: MDE 19/002/1995
Date Published: 10 September 1995
Categories: Libya, Middle East And North Africa

Dozens of suspected Islamists are reported to have been arrested following violent clashes between the security forces and armed Islamist groups in Benghazi on 6 September 1995. AI fears that the detainees, whose whereabouts remain unknown, may be at risk of torture while held incommunicado.