Libya: Release humanitarian activists detained for seeking to deliver aid to Gaza
Amnesty said the activists were held incommunicado, and several went on hunger strike as prosecutors pursued assembly-without-authorization charges.
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Libya: Release humanitarian activists detained for seeking to deliver aid to Gaza
The Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF) must ensure the immediate release of 10 members of the Global Sumud Land Convoy who have been arbitrarily detained for over two weeks in eastern Libya solely for attempting to deliver aid to Gaza amid Israel’s ongoing genocide, Amnesty International said today. On 24 May 2026, an armed group affiliated with the self-proclaimed LAAF, the de facto authorities in eastern and southern Libya, arbitrarily arrested …
The Libyan Arab Armed Forces (FAAL) must ensure the immediate release of 10 members of the Sumud world land convoy arbitrarily detained for more than two weeks in eastern Libya, only for attempting to deliver aid to Gaza, while Israel continues its genocide, Amnesty International declared on 9 June 2026. On 24 May 2026, an armed group affiliated with the self-proclaimed Libyan Arab Armed Forces (FAAL), the de facto authorities in eastern and sou…
Rome, June 9, 2026 - The fate of the Bari university professor Domenico Centrone and the Turin-based educator Leonarda Dina Alberizia is still uncertain. The two activists of the Global Sumud Flotilla land convoy, the international humanitarian mission to break the blockade on the Gaza Strip, are still held in a black site in Benghazi. It is a secret prison managed by the State, outside the legal and judicial system. Today, Tuesday, June 9, a he…
Libya: IFJ and EFJ demand immediate release of Spanish journalist Alicia Armesto detained with nine other activists while en route to Gaza
Alicia Armesto, a journalist and the technical secretary of the Madrid Journalists’ Union (SPM) – part of the Federation of Journalists’ Unions (FeSP) – was detained alongside other nine activists by the Libyan National Army. The group was held on 24 May while approaching a military checkpoint in Sirte, between Tripoli and Benghazi, with a humanitarian convoy on their way to Gaza, Palestine. The International and European Federations of Journali…
CLAE After 13 days of kidnapping, Argentine citizens Lucas Aguilera and Paula Giménez, arbitrarily detained in eastern Libya while participating in the Global Sumud Maghreb convoy of humanitarian aid to Gaza, managed on June 4 to establish direct communication with their families from Benghazi while the rest of the activists reported on the situation they are experiencing. But since then, there has been no information about their state of health…
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