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Refugees in Libya @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social · 23h

As we had anticipated, everyone onboard the Omar Almokhtar Flotilla boat has been released except for our comrade Michael. Why isn’t the world demanding his immediate release?

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Wasil Schauseil @wasilschauseil.bsky.social · 1d

Refugees in Niger have been protesting against their neglect by the Nigerien government and the UNHCR, demanding their rights and dignity be respected. Their leaders have been arrested and deported. Read and share their call published @migcontrol.bsky.social: migration-control.info/en/blog/refi...

Refugees in Niger: An Urgent Call from Agadez

Refugee Protest in Agadez, Niger, ongoing

migration-control.info

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The Civil Fleet @thecivilfleet.bsky.social · 4d

🚨🎧 NEW EPISODE 🎧🚨

David Yambio of @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social tells us about ‘The Book of Shame,’ which documents UNHCR's failures in Libya, Niger and Tunisia.

He also tells us how he found out that the Italian state had used an Israeli spy firm to tap his phone.

Find us on all podcast apps

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Refugees in Libya @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social · 4d

Nigerian activist Okey Vitalis Nnorom (Michael) is one of the 17 abducted activists by Israeli occupation forces on board Libya’s Omar Al-Mukhtar Flotilla.

Let’s give enough spotlight for the vulnerable persons among the abducted.
#freethemall🇵🇸

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Sea-Watch (international) @en.sea-watch.org · 5d

In Niger, people on the move are protesting peacefully for 365+ days for the protection of their rights. Many were pushed back illegally and are now stuck in inhumane and EU-funded camps. @unhcr.org –an EU-externalization ally– does not help. Read more: @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social's Book of Shame!

Book of Shame | Refugees in Libya

BOOK OF SHAME: How UNHCR Fails to Protect Refugees in Libya, Tunisia, and Niger. Reflecting not only the collective ex

www.refugeesinlibya.org

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Sea-Watch @sea-watch.org · 5d

Im Niger protestieren Menschen auf der Flucht seit 365+ Tagen friedlich für den Schutz ihrer Rechte. Illegal zurückgedrängt, sitzen viele nun fest in EU-finanzierten Lagern. @unhcr.org, ein EU-Externalisierungs-Partner, versagt. Mehr im Book of Shame von @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social!

Book of Shame | Refugees in Libya

BOOK OF SHAME: How UNHCR Fails to Protect Refugees in Libya, Tunisia, and Niger. Reflecting not only the collective ex

www.refugeesinlibya.org

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Refugees in Libya @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social · 9d

We need your donations for numerous and valid purposes. Please donate and check our bio for different options.

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Refugees in Libya @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social · 12d

If Meloni and Europe doesn’t stop this won’t stop either. Soon they will start taking the lives of Sea Rescuers.

We know this so well from our experiences in Libya.

🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴STOP THE MOU NOW🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴

Sea-Watch (international) @en.sea-watch.org · 12d

🚨 Sea-Watch 5 under fire while rescuing 66 people at sea.
At night, we were threatened by a Libyan militia vessel and ordered to leave “their waters.” Minutes after everyone was safely on board, a shot was fired. 👉 sea-watch.org/en/libyan-militia-fires-on-rescue-ship-sea-watch-5

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Lena Rohrbach @artepovera.bsky.social · 12d

Join us?

💥Workshops w/ @papertrailmedia.de @amnesty.de @interseclab.bsky.social

💥Dig. Security Clinic w/ @accessnow.org, @pressefreiheit.bsky.social&Tact. Tech

💥Panel w/ @donncha.is @sophieintveld.bsky.social @davidyambio.bsky.social @anjaosterhaus.bsky.social

&Art by @forensicarchi.bsky.social

Weißer Text auf schwarzem Grund: Digital Surveillance: How States are Spying on the Resistance, mit Logos von HAU und Amnesty International

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Refugees in Libya @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social · 12d

Meet us here in ten days

ECCHR - European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights @ecchr.bsky.social · 13d

Save the date: 6 Oct - MENA Prison Forum in Berlin #5 Libya

The Berlin premiere of the documentary „Escaping Libya’s Detention Industry“ will be followed by a discussion on international crimes committed against migrants and refugees in Libya and the Mediterranean.
www.ecchr.eu/en/event/men...

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Refugees in Libya @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social · 13d

You can now order a physical copy of the BOOK OF SHAME for a minimum donation. The digital version is downloadable and free on our website.

To place your order please follow this link or check our bio.

www.refugeesinlibya.org/category/all...

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Refugees in Libya @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social · 14d

Tunisian Authorities Destroy Refugee Clinics in Sfax for the Fifth Time

Sfax, Tunisia — For the fifth time in a row, Tunisian authorities have destroyed and burned to ashes the self-built, self-organized clinics in the olive groves of Sfax.

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Refugees in Libya @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social · 14d

Tunisian authorities have banned all humanitarian organizations from providing aid to refugees and migrants.

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Refugees in Libya @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social · 14d

…as they are the only lifeline for refugees and migrants who are attacked with machetes, shot at by Tunisian thugs, or tear-gassed by the National Guard.

Pregnant women are forced to give birth in these makeshift clinics because, for more than a year,

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Refugees in Libya @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social · 14d

Tunisian Authorities Destroy Refugee Clinics in Sfax for the Fifth Time

Sfax,Tunisia —For the fifth time in a row, Tunisian authorities have destroyed and burned to ashes the self-built, self-organized clinics in the olive groves of Sfax.

Each time, several hundred euros are spent to rebuild them,

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Mollie Gerver @mgerver.bsky.social · 14d

David Yambio, President of Refugees in Libya and victim of EU-funded abuses:

"We, Refugees in Libya and I, personally, have been abducted with the boats you financed. We have been held in arbitrary detention in the prisons you have supported. We have been tortured by the militias you have trained.”

Refugees in Libya @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social · 14d

EU Commission: Stop Funding Abuse in Libya — Joint Letter from 42 Humanitarian and Civil Society Groups

www.refugeesinlibya.org/post/eu-comm...

EU Commission: Stop Funding Abuse in Libya — Joint Letter from 42 Humanitarian and Civil Society Groups

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 23.09.2025 16:30 CETEU Commission must cut Libyan Coast Guard funding after rescue ship shooting, say 42 humanitarian and civil society groupsEuropean funds should not be provided to...

www.refugeesinlibya.org

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Refugees in Libya @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social · 14d

EU Commission: Stop Funding Abuse in Libya — Joint Letter from 42 Humanitarian and Civil Society Groups

www.refugeesinlibya.org/post/eu-comm...

EU Commission: Stop Funding Abuse in Libya — Joint Letter from 42 Humanitarian and Civil Society Groups

IMMEDIATE RELEASE 23.09.2025 16:30 CETEU Commission must cut Libyan Coast Guard funding after rescue ship shooting, say 42 humanitarian and civil society groupsEuropean funds should not be provided to...

www.refugeesinlibya.org

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Refugees in Libya @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social · 15d

You can now order the physical copy of the "BOOK OF SHAME" for a minimum donation to support our campaigns:

www.refugeesinlibya.org/category/all...

All Products | Refugees in Libya

BOOK OF SHAME: How UNHCR Fails to Protect Refugees in Libya, Tunisia, and Niger

www.refugeesinlibya.org

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Refugees in Libya @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social · 16d

They said they were captured at gunpoint by the Tariq Bin Ziad militias while trying to flee to Europe.

For two days now, we have not heard from them.

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Refugees in Libya @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social · 16d

🆘 Distress Call from Benghazi ⚠️

Two days ago, we received an SOS message from a group of women and children allegedly held in an EU-linked detention camp in Benghazi, Libya. Most of them are Eritrean. They reported daily rape and sexual violence, starvation, torture, and ransom demands.

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Sea-Eye e.V. @sea-eye.org · 18d

❗entführen
❗versklaven
❗foltern
❗töten

Die UN spricht von systematischen Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit – Europa sieht zu.

Deshalb ruft @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social zu einem breiten Protest auf – mit einer Großkundgebung am 18.10. in Rom.
www.refugeesinlibya.org/post/18th-of... 2/3

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David Yambio @davidyambio.bsky.social · 19d

We are waiting for you in Rome with ANOTHER BOOK 📕 on why the MoU between Italy and Libya is deadly.

It will be in Italian with English version later on.

Come with your rage, loved ones, colleagues and friends.

Refugees in Libya @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social · 19d

🚨 18 October – Manifestation in Rome 🚨

We refuse to stay silent while Italy renews its bloody deal with Libyan militias.

We call on all comrades, refugees, allies & citizens of conscience: join us in Rome to say NO to the Italy–Libya Memorandum! ✊🏾

📍 Piazza dei Santi Apostoli – Rome
📅 18 October

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Sea-Watch (international) @en.sea-watch.org · 19d

Stop the bloody deal! We say no to the Memorandum of Understanding between Italy and Libya.

Refugees in Libya @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social · 19d

🚨 18 October – Manifestation in Rome 🚨

We refuse to stay silent while Italy renews its bloody deal with Libyan militias.

We call on all comrades, refugees, allies & citizens of conscience: join us in Rome to say NO to the Italy–Libya Memorandum! ✊🏾

📍 Piazza dei Santi Apostoli – Rome
📅 18 October

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Refugees in Libya @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social · 19d

We are not alone. Over 60 organisations stand with us against this machinery of torture & death. Together, we can stop it.

Read more here ⤵️

www.refugeesinlibya.org/post/18th-of...

#StopTheMoU #RefugeesInLibya #Rome18Oct
#1810RomeStageOfSurvivors

18th of October: Call for Manifestation in Rome

No deal for crimes against humanity. Stop the Memorandum of Understanding between Italy and Libya. Join the mobilization in Rome:— action days from 15th to 17th of October;— big manifestation with a s...

www.refugeesinlibya.org

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Refugees in Libya @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social · 19d

🚨 18 October – Manifestation in Rome 🚨

We refuse to stay silent while Italy renews its bloody deal with Libyan militias.

We call on all comrades, refugees, allies & citizens of conscience: join us in Rome to say NO to the Italy–Libya Memorandum! ✊🏾

📍 Piazza dei Santi Apostoli – Rome
📅 18 October

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