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Libya arrests two over detention, torture of migrants

"The public prosecution ordered the detention of two members of a criminal gang who deliberately restricted the freedom of illegal migrants," it said in a statement.

Illegal migrants from Niger wait during a deportation operation in the Libyan capital Tripoli on December 25, 2024. (AFP)
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision


TUNIS - Libya has arrested two people accused of torturing and detaining 263 irregular migrants to extort ransoms, the prosecutor general's office said Wednesday.

"The public prosecution ordered the

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