[Libya Herald] Human rights defenders in Libya face threats of physical attacks, abduction, harm to their family and even murder on a daily basis, said a joint report of the UN Office of the High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR) and UNSMIL.Both of which seem to be tasked with tut-tutting when something unpleasant happens
In a stark and chilling 16-page document, OHCHR described episode after episode of attempts to silence human rights
...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions...
defenders in Libya, saying that violence and threats towards them have increased since May 2014. The report highlighted abuses across the country, from Benghazi and Derna to Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
and Misrata, saying that with the rise in abuses, freedom of expression has been effectively curtailed in Libya.
Human rights defenders have been the victims of physical attacks, illegal detention, abductions and murder. The report recalls the murders of Benghazi-based newspaper editor Muftah Awad Buzid, of Salwa Bughaigis, youth activists Tawfik Bensaud and Sami Al-Kawafi and activist Intisar Hasairi.
The consistent failure to complete any meaningful investigations of these murders or any other incident, said OHCHR, was indicative of a failure of the criminal justice system. Personnel in the justice system had themselves been targets of threats. OHCHR specifically mentioned the investigation into the murder of Bughaigis. The lead investigator in the case, public prosecutor Abdel Nasser Al-Jaroushi, was himself kidnapped and is reportedly being held in Gernada Prison.