This report updates a report published in June 1991, “Libya: Amnesty International’s concerns in the light of recent legal reforms” (MDE 19/02/91). It contains details of 15 prisoners who remained in detention after the March 1988 amnesty and of 15 others arrested after March 1988. AI has details...

AI is concerned about more than 550 political prisoners currently held in prisons or detention camps in Libya. Most are reported to be kept in harsh conditions, in crowded cells and without access to adequate medical care. Many of them were reportedly tortured after being arrested; some are...

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Libya, Philippines, AI visits Tunisia, Guatemala, Focus: Europe: birth of AI, Sudan, Yugoslavia, Colombia, USSR, Kuwait, Nepal, Ethiopia, Israel, Argentina ; Cases: Salman ‘Abdallah – Syria, Tamdin Sithar – China, Goodluck Mhango – Malawi,

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This report describes Amnesty International’s (AI) human rights concerns in Libya. Despite an amnesty in March 1988 and legal reforms since then, at least 467 political prisoners remain in detention. AI believes that some of those detained may be prisoners of conscience. Five such cases are: Ali...

Despite legislative reforms undertaken in 1988, Amnesty International (AI) remains concerned about several areas of human rights in Libya. According to reports, at least 469 political prisoners, including prisoners of conscience sentenced after unfair trials, continue to be held for reasons or...