Libya: Forcible return/fear for safety/fear of torture

Index Number: MDE 19/012/2004
Date Published: 27 July 2004
Categories: Libya, Middle East And North Africa

The Libyan authorities are reported to have forcibly returned over 110 people to Eritrea on 21 July. It is feared that they are now in secret, incommunicado detention in military camps, where they are at serious risk of torture. At least 200 Eritrean nationals currently detained in Libya are also feared to be in imminent danger of forcible return. All were reportedly hoping to travel on from Libya to seek asylum in Europe.