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Security forces in west Libya arrested 72 out of 151 prisoners who escaped from Mellitah prison near Zuwara city, after an armed riot last Monday. The prison break led also t to the death of one prison guard.
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More than 3,000 detainees have been released from government-run prisons in Libya from 2018 until 2020, the Public Prosecutor Office says.
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The Libyan Attorney General's Office, in line with the Ministry of Justice and Judicial Police Apparatus, called for shutting down Al-Huda prison in Misrata city and transferring the inmates to another facility over vi
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The Ministry of Justice has expressed readiness to cooperate with Sweden in developing the prison system and draw on its experience in that connection.
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The Ministry of Justice of the Government of National Accord (GNA), announced on Tuesday, that the Supreme Judicial Council, on Monday, issued a decision to pardon approximately 54 inmates from Tripoli prisons.
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The Supreme Judicial Council on Sunday, issued a decision to suspend the remaining lawful punishment for a number of 582 prison inmates, in implementation of the minutes of the Fifth Council meeting for the year 2020.
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Director of Human Rights and Transitional Justice of the UN Mission Antonia De Meo stressed the need to enforce respect for human rights in Libyan prisons.
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