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Allison West

@allisonrwest.bsky.social

Senior Legal Advisor @ecchr.bsky.social | Int'l law & human rights politics & praxis, detention & NAWA (MENA), freedom dreams

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Fifteen years since the 17 February uprising. Fifteen years of Lawyers for Justice in #Libya (#LFJL). While the path to transition remains blocked by political fragmentation and impunity, one thing is clear: Libya’s #civil_society isn’t backing down.

17.02.2026 12:31 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Dans la Libye du maréchal Haftar, les migrants pris au piège Les arrivées en Crète depuis l’est de la Libye ont quadruplé en 2025, poussant les Européens à se rapprocher des autorités de Benghazi pour contrôler les frontières, après un accord avec leurs rivales...

"We are Europe's guardians", Haftar's head of countermigration tells @nissssim.bsky.social @lemonde.fr.

06.02.2026 07:48 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Gaddafi’s death, the last nail in an ICC coffin On February 3 Saif al Islam Gaddafi was murdered in Libya. His continued freedom in Libya epitomised the powerlessness of the International Criminal Court. And his death burries the last hopes that it...

#Libya - On February 3 Saif al Islam Gaddafi was murdered in Libya. His continued freedom in Libya epitomised the powerlessness of the #InternationalCriminalCourt (ICC). And his death burries the last hopes that it would bring justice for the crimes of 2011.

www.justiceinfo.net/en/155092-ga...

05.02.2026 10:16 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1
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Seif al-Islam Gaddafi - Between Martyrdom and Myth - Emadeddin Badi Seif al-Islam Gaddafi’s killing has already been packaged as a national turning point: the removal of a “third option” for Libya, and to some, the end of a supposed last bridge out of Libya’s stagnati...

Rare for me to publish reflection pieces like this - but this one may resonate with those who’ve followed the arc of Seif al-Islam Gaddafi’s journey, and are grappling with the tangle of his legacy in Libya’s politics - & the tragedy of his killing.

emadbadi.com/seif-al-isla...

05.02.2026 13:10 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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PRESS RELEASE: Dutch court’s conviction of Walid in the ‘Pearce’ Case: a first step towards justice for crimes against migrants and refugees in Libya - Lawyers for Justice in Libya

Yes, last week’s conviction of Walid Negash in a Dutch court was a meaningful step toward justice for survivors of human trafficking. But it was a partial one, a missed chance to confront the broader detention industry built on systematic abuse across Libya and the Central Mediterranean. Here’s why:

05.02.2026 13:31 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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#LFJL welcomes the #ICC’s recent decision to refer Italy’s non-compliance to the Assembly of States Parties (#ASP). This referral follows Italy’s failure to surrender Osama Almasri Najim—a high-ranking Libyan official wanted for crimes against humanity and war crimes—to the Court in January 2025.

28.01.2026 16:04 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Libya, Italy and the ICC: a long history of discord Last year, Italy failed to transfer a Libyan alleged war criminal wanted by the International Criminal Court. What were the consequences?

Italy’s decision to return ICC suspect Almasri Najim to Libya, and the Court’s muted response, undermines international justice and harms victims of crimes against humanity, most of them refugees and migrants. Such disregard for international law must have consequences, says ECCHR's Allison West.

12.01.2026 13:20 — 👍 14    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 2

On 1 December, German authorities surrendered Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri to the International Criminal Court (ICC). His transfer marks the first time a wanted suspect has been brought before the Court since the investigation in the Libya Situation was opened in 2011.
www.ecchr.eu/en/press-rel...

03.12.2025 13:44 — 👍 12    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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International Criminal Court: Justice at Risk Member countries of the International Criminal Court (ICC) should intensify efforts to protect the court and human rights groups campaigning for justice from attack.

Member countries of the ICC should intensify efforts to protect the court and human rights groups campaigning for justice from attack. HRW's 20-page report makes detailed recommendations for the annual session of the ICC’s Assembly of States Parties www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...

01.12.2025 19:54 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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#Libya’s Universal Periodic Review (#UPR) will take place tomorrow, 11 November, at the #UN Human Rights Council. This review is an important moment to assess Libya’s human rights situation and highlight the areas where action is urgently needed.

10.11.2025 20:12 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Libyan general accused of crimes against humanity arrested in Tripoli Osama Almasri Najim was arrested in Italy in January on an ICC warrant, only to be released and flown back to Libya

Almasri’s detention in Tripoli is a welcome step, but accountability depends on what comes next. Libya’s GNU must now fulfill its ICC obligations, under UN Security Council Res. 1970 & its own Art. 12(3) declaration of ICC jurisdiction, by surrendering him & all others wanted by the ICC to The Hague

06.11.2025 22:55 — 👍 10    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 2

In Brussels today, I was honored to support the Justice Fleet’s stand for international law in the Central Med— part of the broader struggle for justice alongside people on the move facing crimes against humanity in Libya & at sea, enabled & sustained by European policies & cooperation with Libyans👇

05.11.2025 20:12 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Verbrecherische Komplizen: Libyen und die EU Es war ein Tiefpunkt in der Geschichte der Seenotrettung: 20 Minuten lang beschoss am 24. August ein Patrouillenboot der libyschen Küstenwache die Ocean Viking, ein Rettungsschiff der Seenotrettungsor...

"Europa beteiligt sich in Libyen seit Jahren an Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit, ohne für seine Mittäterschaft zur Rechenschaft gezogen zu werden." Ein Gastbeitrag von ECCHRs @allisonrwest.bsky.social und Sigrun Matthiesen über die völkerrechtlichen Konsequenzen Abschottungspolitik Europas.

31.10.2025 14:14 — 👍 19    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 1

Crimes against Humanity need to be investigated by the ICC, not funded by EU-money. This is the essence of a letter from 38 EU-MEPs to the Commission. They demand to “immediately halt all forms of support — financial, technical, or operational — to the LCG, the DCIM and any other Libyan entity.”

23.10.2025 13:17 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Flüchtlingsabwehr im Mittelmeer: Weiter mit den libyschen Folterern Trotz anhaltender Menschenrechtsverletzungen: Deutschland und Italien entscheiden sich für weitere Kooperation mit Libyens Küstenwache.

Deutsches & Italienisches Parlament verlängern Abkommen mit Libyschen Staatsmilizen. EU-Regierungen sind Komplizen bei Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit auf dem Mittelmeer und in Libyschen Haftlagern. Wir unterstützen die Proteste in Rom mit @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social
taz.de/Fluechtlings...

17.10.2025 10:32 — 👍 33    🔁 29    💬 1    📌 0
Four people on a panel.

Four people on a panel.

On Monday, I had the pleasure to moderate a powerful panel with @allisonrwest.bsky.social/ @ecchr.bsky.social, David Yambio/ @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social & Phoebe Walton/Forensis at the 5th “Understanding Prison” session by MENA Prison Forum—this time on Libya’s prison industry & EU complicity.1/6

09.10.2025 14:02 — 👍 9    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

Join us on Monday, 6 October in Berlin for a film screening and talk about Libya’s Detention Industry & Italy’s Complicity👇

@refugeesinlibya.bsky.social
@de-criminalize.bsky.social
@medico2.bsky.social @forensicarchi.bsky.social
@libyanjustice.bsky.social

26.09.2025 07:27 — 👍 14    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 0
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Danke Berlin!
#AllEyesOnGaza

27.09.2025 18:37 — 👍 760    🔁 205    💬 23    📌 20
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I’m deeply disappointed that there’s no outrage or news coverage about the violent xenophobic attacks happening in Libya. Black African “migrants” are being looted and beaten to death, with many being driven out of sight and into concentration camps for extortion.

29.09.2025 09:22 — 👍 16    🔁 11    💬 2    📌 2
Weißer Text auf schwarzem Grund: Digital Surveillance: How States are Spying on the Resistance, mit Logos von HAU und Amnesty International

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

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

26.09.2025 09:46 — 👍 32    🔁 21    💬 1    📌 1
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#ECREWeekly updates on EU MARITIME BORDERS:
▪️ Tragedies in Med
▪️ Footage of Libyan militiamen in people smuggling
▪️ Spanish Navy chief issues stark reminder about the Law of the Sea
▪️ Fatal accident in the Aegean
▪️ French police accused of causing deaths in Indian Ocean

🔗 shorturl.at/UsD4A

25.09.2025 15:46 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

Join us on Monday, 6 October in Berlin for a film screening and talk about Libya’s Detention Industry & Italy’s Complicity👇

@refugeesinlibya.bsky.social
@de-criminalize.bsky.social
@medico2.bsky.social @forensicarchi.bsky.social
@libyanjustice.bsky.social

26.09.2025 07:27 — 👍 14    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 0
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Our #DiaryFromTheSea series closes with reflections - shifting from sea to land, lessons carried forward, and a mission that continues.

The diaries end here, but the work to protect the dignity & human rights at sea goes on.

#LFJL #SOSHumanity #Libya
@sos-humanity.bsky.social

10.09.2025 14:46 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Warum begnadigt das Sisi-Regime Ägyptens prominentesten Häftling gerade jetzt? Im Arabischen Frühling wurde Alaa Abdelfatah zum Sprachrohr einer ganzen Generation. Nun wurde er nach jahrelanger Haft freigelassen. Die Regierung spricht von Menschenrechten und Toleranz, doch das i...

Alaa Abdelfatah ist frei, doch Ägyptens Repressionsapparat bleibt. Stephan Roll erklärt, warum Sisis Schritt weniger Reformsignal ist als ein Versuch, innen-& außenpolitischen Druck zu mindern.
Hier lesen 👇 www.nzz.ch/internationa...

25.09.2025 15:08 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Microsoft has terminated the Israeli military’s access to technology it used to operate a powerful surveillance system that collected millions of Palestinian civilian phone calls daily in Gaza & the West Bank, saying Unit 8200, the military’s elite spy agency, violated the company’s terms of service

26.09.2025 07:10 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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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...

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

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

23.09.2025 16:32 — 👍 13    🔁 12    💬 0    📌 2
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More than 100 Sudanese refugees dead or missing in shipwrecks off Libya At least 110 people have died or gone missing after two boats carrying mostly Sudanese refugees sunk off the coast of Tobruk, Libya.

Deaths in the Mediterranean and along other routes are preventable. But political will is lacking to stop them.

22.09.2025 07:49 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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The Time for Accountability is Now: Criminal Complaint against German Government Officials for Aiding and Abetting Israel’s Genocide in Gaza - The European Legal Support Center (ELSC) % Berlin, September 19, 2025 - A criminal complaint against German Government officials and arms trade executives was filed today by a collective of lawyers in Berlin with the support of the European Le...

A criminal complaint against German Government officials and arms trade executives was filed today by a collective of lawyers in Berlin with the support of the European Legal Support Center (ELSC), Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy (PIPD) and Law for Palestine

elsc.support/de/the-time-...

19.09.2025 20:10 — 👍 39    🔁 19    💬 0    📌 2
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The Bomb on Time: To Gaza, by Way of Cologne – the Diasporist In early August, Germany announced a freeze on weapons exports to Israel that could be used in the campaign in Gaza. But in the weeks since, hundreds of shipments bound to the Israeli F-35 fighter jet...

Exclusive: In early August, Germany announced a freeze on weapons exports to Israel that could be used in Gaza. But in the weeks since, hundreds of shipments bound to the Israeli F-35 fighter jet airbase have been shipped through Cologne. By @yossibartal.bsky.social

thediasporist.de/the-bomb-on-...

19.09.2025 10:01 — 👍 33    🔁 18    💬 0    📌 0
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All Eyes on Gaza - Stoppt den Genozid ❗️
📣 Großkundgebung
🗓️ Samstag, 27.9., 17 Uhr
📍 Großer Stern, Straße des 17. Juni, Berlin

Wir sehen uns nächste Woche!
Weitere Infos: all-eyes-on-gaza.de
#AllEyesOnGaza #StopTheGenocide #CeasefireNow

19.09.2025 12:55 — 👍 60    🔁 27    💬 4    📌 4