Two male human rights defenders were targeted for their cooperation with the United Nations on human rights during the period. One of them was arbitrarily detained in Tripoli by members of the Deterrent Agency for Combating Organized Crime and Terrorism. Upon release, when he attempted to file a complaint on his arbitrary detention, he was rearrested and brought to the Attorney General’s Office, from where he fled. Afterwards, a family member of the said human rights defender was brought into custody and interrogated in relation to the defender’s work and cooperation with the United Nations. Furthermore, the two human rights defenders received death threats from members of the House of Representatives in connection to their human rights work and cooperation with the United Nations.