a human rights defender
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2023-066-001
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 26.3351
Longitude: 17.228331
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Libya
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- OHCHR: OHCHR Field office
- UN Peace Operation / Political mission
- Type of record
- Unnamed individual/group/organization
- Gender
- Gender unclear
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Individual's/organization's activity
a human rights defender
- Type of rights defended
- Unclear in SG Report
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
human rights activities and visits to the UN compound
- Engagement with UN body
- OHCHR: OHCHR Field office
- UN Peace Operation / Political mission
- Type of attempted engagement
- Meeting with UN officials during country visit / with locally present UN officials
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- March 2023
- Location of mentioned reprisals
- Mitiga airport base prison, Libya
- Reprisal information
- In early March 2023, a human rights defender was summoned for questioning by security agents at Mitiga airport base prison. The following day, the defender was questioned about human rights activities and visits to the UN compound and was made aware that the days and details of meetings with the UN were known to the security agents. The defender was informed that interactions with the UN (and international NGOs) could be considered a hostile action against the State and an act of espionage punishable with heavy penalties. Security agents confiscated the defender’s passport, and currently the defender is reportedly banned from leaving Libyan territory until further notice. In March 2023, another human rights defender and victim of human rights violations, reportedly received death threats via text messages from a state security actor in the east, accusing the defender of providing information to UNSMIL HRS.
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Charge/Investigation/Prosecution: Charge/Investigation/Prosecution - General
- Surveillance
- Threats/Intimidations (incl. "fear of reprisal")
- Travel restriction
- Alleged/likely perpetrators
- State actors
- Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
- No
- Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
- Yes
- Is the country cited for a "pattern of reprisal" in the context of this case?
- No
- Is a pattern of reprisals mentioned otherwise in the context of this case?
- No
- Does the report cite "self-censorship" as an issue in the context of this case?
- No
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