SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Libyan security forces raided and violently broke up a protest sit-in by migrants outside a shuttered U.N. community center in the capital of Tripoli, activists and migrants said Monday. Those detained were sent to a detention center in the nearby town of Ain Zara. The mother of two said police beat and detained migrants. ADVERTISEMENT“We were caught off guard,” she said, speaking over the phone from the detention center in Ain Zara. The detained migrants were taken to overcrowded detention centers, prompting an outcry from the U.N. and human rights groups.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 10, 2022 12:40 UTC