The arrival of the new unified commander has not yet changed the security situation in Libya. In both the East and the West, human rights abuses, abductions and arbitrary detentions continue.
In recent times, the largest city in eastern Libya has been the scene of an unprecedented series of murders and kidnappings. The new CEO seems powerless in the face of the uncertainty that prevails throughout the country.
Since March 18, when a dozen bodies full of bullets strewn across the streets of Benghazi, atrocities have escalated in this eastern Libyan city under the command of Marshal Khalifa Haftar.
Home raids and arrests are carried out systematically by hooded soldiers. The latest example, on March 25, just hours after announcing that she had identified the killers of her mother, Hanine al-Abdaly, was abducted.
This young woman is the daughter of lawyer Hanane Baraasi, who was murdered in November in Benghazi after condemning the abuse of Khalifa Haftar’s sons. The security authorities are now accusing her of being involved in the dismantling of Mahmoud Werfalli, an officer for the forces in Khalifa Haftar. claimed by the ICC for war crimes.
Raptured Peace of Messenger
However, the rest of the country is not saved. Similar abuses are also reported in Tripoli and in the West. A symbolic act illustrates this generalized uncertainty: militias from the city of Zaouia west of Tripoli kidnapped a peace envoy traveling 1,900 km on camels back from the Egyptian border. His camel was killed.
