Human rights activists submitted evidence to the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday calling for an investigation into abuses against migrants in Libya traveling across the Mediterranean Sea to Europe. Tuesday’s filing came from a coalition that included the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, the International Federation for Human Rights and Lawyers for Justice in Libya. The groups wrote that “enslavement, extortion and torture has become an important source of revenue in Libya’s conflict economy." Their report is based on interviews with 14 survivors of abuse who are now safely out of Libya. In 2019, lawyers called for an ICC investigation into the European Union's migrant policy, the AP reported.

Source: Libya Today November 23, 2021 17:39 UTC