"Amnesty" criticizing the detention conditions of migrants in Libya Amnesty International considered in a report published Thursday that it is incumbent on the Libyan authorities to put an end to the "indefinite detention" for thousands of migrants, including refugees and asylum seekers subjected them to torture. And denounced the international organization that defends human rights and based in London, at the same time the fact that the EU helps the Libyan government to "strengthen border security (...) in order to curb the movement of illegal immigrants to Europe at the expense of human rights." Also denounced as "unacceptable treatment of thousands of foreigners, mostly from sub-Saharan Africa and arbitrarily arrested and imprisoned for long periods in Terms مذرية". The Organization confirmed that she visited seven "detention centers" as designated by the Libyan authorities, and talked about "evidence of ill-treatment are similar to torture in some cases." According to a report by Amnesty International also that "a large number of detainees including women women, were severely beaten with water hoses or electric cables," saying they got in addition to certificates for injured detainees shot dead during clashes. Said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, assistant director of the Middle East and North Africa in the organization, that "torture and ill-treatment, which we discovered in detention centers is unacceptable." As for the assistance provided by the EU to curb the movement of illegal immigrants, considered that "it is very disturbing to discover that EU funds seem to be used to fund detention centers where arrested thousands of illegal aliens." And Amnesty International licked the European Union not to sign new agreements with Libya in this field to "show respect for the rights of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants." She noted that since May 2012 the Libyan authorities deported 25 thousand people who entered "illegally" to Libya. And left thousands of immigrants who were considered a "threat to national security" detainees during the months prior to expulsion, and without assigning any lawyer to them. Hadj Sahraoui added, "should the Libyan authorities to reconsider the legislation specify the deadline for immigration detention pending their expulsion." And counted the organization through a total of five visits to thousands of refugees and asylum-seekers and immigrants are being held in 17 "detention center" under the Ministry of the Interior "in addition to an unknown number of persons detained by the militia." The organization expressed its regret also "very bad health titrated" What expose Almaktlin to the risk of diseases, including inflammation in the airways and severe diarrhea.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 13:40:22 +0000
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