Human Rights Watch: Libyan political analyst detained arbitrarily dies in custody

A Libyan political analyst who had been arbitrarily detained in eastern Libya for nearly seven months died under suspicious circumstances on April 19, 2024, Human Rights Watch has reported. The human rights organization called for the Libya authorities to immediately and impartially investigate the death of the political analyst, Siraj Dughman, in the Benghazi General Directorate for Internal Security. According to Hanan Salah, associate Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch, “Eastern Libyan authorities and the Tripoli-based General Prosecutor should urgently investigate Dughman’s death.”