Haftar's forces execute 30 after secret military trials in eastern Libya
Haftar's forces execute 30 after secret military trials in eastern Libya Submitted by MEE staff on Sat, 09/26/2026 - 13:13 Amnesty International says defendants were tortured into giving 'confessions' later used as evidence, as 50 more face death Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar leaves after talks with Greece's foreign minister in Athens, on 17 January 2020 (Aris Messinis/AFP) Off At…
Since late August, at least 30 men have been executed in eastern Libya after being sentenced to death in secretive military trials, with at least 50 others facing imminent death, according to local media and rights groups. Amnesty International revealed that the Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF), commanded by Khalifa Haftar, resumed executions on August 23 after brutal and unfair trials, often involving torture.
The rights group urged an immediate halt to the executions, calling for a moratorium and overturning of unfair convictions and death sentences. Furthermore, authorities are preventing the burial of some executed individuals, keeping their bodies and conducting burials themselves. Families have been denied the right to hold traditional funerals.
The UN has criticized the treatment as cruel, inhumane, and degrading. The executions have reignited Libya’s de facto moratorium on the death penalty, which was in place for about 15 years.
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