Tag: prisons
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Libyan Prime Minister says prisons are back under state control: Al-Masri charged with torture by the Tripoli Prosecutor
In a speech to new police officer graduates Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbiebah announced that all prisons are now under the management of the state. Previously this year, the Prime Minister pledged to bring prisons run by armed militias under state control. The Prime Minister is currently involved in a power struggle against armed…
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Libyan Prime Minister announces take over of prisons from armed militias
Flanked by the Minister of Justice Halima Abdul Rahman, Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah has announced that the Government of National Unity in Tripoli has taken control of the prisons. The Ministry of Justice has now taken full responsibility over the prisons. The step is part of a process initiated by the Premier to integrate…
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100,000 people died in Syria’s prisons since 2011: Sednaya prison officers rounded up
Stories of untold horror keep emerging from the thousands of prisoners that have been freed from Syria’s prisons. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights estimates that up to 100,000 people have been killed in Syria’s prisons since the start of the Syrian Revolution in 2011. Many prisoners freed from Sednaya prison are unable to talk…
