Libya: Forcible return/Torture and ill-treatment

Index Number: MDE 19/004/2007
Date Published: 8 February 2007
Categories: Libya, Middle East And North Africa

According to reports, 430 Eritrean nationals, including over 50 women and children, are currently detained by Libyan authorities and are facing imminent deportation to Eritrea. Reports suggest that the Libyan authorities may have beaten and raped or sexually abused some detainees, and some detainees may even have died in custody as a result of such torture or other ill-treatment.