The Nationwide Fee on Human Rights in Libya (NHCR) in a press release condemned the arbitrary detention of considered one of its administrators since 1 October. Walid Elhouderi is accountable for liaison and worldwide coordination within the Fee. He was taken by forces underneath the command of the Nationwide Unity Authorities led by Fayez al-Sarraj in Tripoli. His arbitrary detention highlights a typical observe in Libya.
The Nationwide Fee on Human Rights in Libya (NHCR) condemns this “compelled and arbitrary” detention and calls on the Inside Minister, the Prime Minister and the UN Mission in Libya to launch him as quickly as attainable. It holds the Tripoli authorities accountable for its safety.
In keeping with her, it was members of the intelligence providers who kidnapped Walid Elhouderi, son of the present Libyan ambassador to France and human rights activist, who’s intervened a number of occasions on RFI.
The Fee says it’s “extraordinarily disturbed” by all of the atrocities affecting civilians and human rights defenders in Libya. Like many different Libyan civilians, Walid Elhouderi was kidnapped with out an arrest warrant, detained with out trigger, and since October 1, he has not been introduced earlier than the lawyer basic.
With greater than 1,600 detainees registered in 2019, Libya has risen to the highest of the blacklist of African nations when it comes to arbitrary detention and disappearances.
Final March, the UN mission in Tripoli expressed its deep concern over this example and the rise in abuses in opposition to civilians dedicated by the armed forces with whole impunity.
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