Libya: Fear of forcible return/ Health concern/ Fear of Torture

Index Number: MDE 19/004/2006
Date Published: 23 August 2006
Categories: Libya, Middle East And North Africa

Amnesty International has recently learnt that in early August, the Libyan authorities rounded up and detained 300 Eritrean refugees, including 80 women and five children between the ages of two and six. It is feared that the refugees may be forcibly returned to Eritrea, where they are at risk of torture or other ill-treatment.