a human rights defender
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2024-072-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2024
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 26.3351
Longitude: 17.228331
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Libya
- From Region
- Type of record
- Unnamed individual/group/organization
- Gender
- Male
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Individual's/organization's activity
human rights activities as well as his visits to the United Nations compound in Tripoli. His passport was confiscated, and he was notified of a travel ban until further notice. He was also informed that his interactions with the United Nations and international governmental organizations could be considered as a hostile action to the State and an act of espionage punishable by heavy penalties.
- 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 as well as his visits to the United Nations compound in Tripoli. interactions with the United Nations and international governmental organizations could be considered as a hostile action to the State and an act of espionage punishable by heavy penalties.
- Engagement with UN body
- 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 2024
- Location of mentioned reprisals
- Tripoli
- Reprisal information
At the beginning of March, a human rights defender was summoned to meet with agents of the General Intelligence Service and was questioned about his human rights activities as well as his visits to the United Nations compound in Tripoli. His passport was confiscated, and he was notified of a travel ban until further notice. He was also informed that his interactions with the United Nations and international governmental organizations could be considered as a hostile action to the State and an act of espionage punishable by heavy penalties.
- Types of reprisals suffered
- 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?
- No
- Was the case raised by a State at the UN?
- No
- 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