UN mission to Libya says political activist abducted in Misrata

10/7/2024 18:16

        The United Nations Libya mission (UNSMIL) called on Wednesday on Libyan authorities to free political activist Al-Moatassim Al-Areebi and to end arbitrary detentions.
        
        Al-Areebi was abducted on Monday in the city of Misrata by unidentified armed men in civilian clothes along with his friend Mohamed Shtewi, the mission said in a statement.
        
        UNSMIL said that Shtewi was released "after being beaten" but that the whereabouts of Al-Areebi "remain unknown".
        
        UNSMIL urged Misrata city's security and law enforcement agencies to urgently investigate the abduction of Al-Areebi, disclose his whereabouts, and secure his safe and immediate release.
        
        Misrata is a port city some 200 km east of the capital Tripoli. The Tripoli government is considered to be in charge of Misrata but has not commented on the case.
        
        "Reports of arbitrary detentions, enforced disappearances, ill-treatment, torture, and deaths in custody committed with impunity continue to plague Libya," the mission said.