Libya: Forcible return / fear for safety / fear of torture

Index Number: MDE 19/016/2003
Date Published: 24 July 2003
Categories: Libya, Middle East And North Africa

Seven named Eritrean nationals, currently detained in Libya, are reported to be at imminent risk of being forcibly returned to Eritrea. Should they be returned, they could face torture, secret and incommunicado detention without charge as well as possible extrajudicial execution.