FIDH Report: Exiles from Libya flee to Egypt

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NationalityNumberof thoseinterviewedYears inLibyaAge(approx.)ProfessionReported ViolationsSudan 1 25 50 Engineer Direct Witness: to murder of aSudanese man at the Al Hariramarket in Benghazi and violenceagainst Chadian man by armedmen.Knows many cases of beatingsand lootings by armed men againstblack Africans.Darfur 15 Not Available Not Available Not Available All members of group reportedthat they had been victims of greathostility in the month of February.Felt threatened and were afraid toleave their homes.Eritrea 1 5 40 Homemaker Witness: General climate ofunease and fear for black Africans.Husband forced to leave his job.Eritrea 1 6 37 Engineer Witness: Increased discrimination.Insecurity.Victim: Termination ofemployment.Eritrea 1 5 23 Mechanic Witness: General climate of fear forblack Africans accused of beingmercenaries. Some killed by armedmen. Arrest of 3 Eritreans.Eritrea 1 Less than 1 25 Not Available Victim: Detained in early 2011 dueto irregular migration status, paidfee to be released from jail.Eritrea 1 3 30 Welder Victim: Arbitrarily arrested in ashop by armed Libyans. Accusedof being a mercenary. Detained for7 days and released by the RedCrescent.Eritrea 1 3 25 Not Available Victim: Detained in November2010 for irregular migration status.Badly treated in prison. Escapedin February after the start of theuprising.Eritrea 1 3 30 Painter Victim: Arbitrarily arrested on 20February with 2 other Eritreans by agroup of young Libyans. Accusedof being mercenaries. Spent 3 daysin jail in Riyadia where the guardsthreatened to kill them. Releasedby the Red Crescent.Somalia 3 2 30 Not Available Victims: Looting of home overnightby armed men in Benghazi.Wounded by knives. Money andpersonal belongings stolen.Witnesses: Saw a black Africanattacked by a group of youngLibyans on a street in Benghazi.Accused of being a mercenary andstabbed.Somalia 1 3 30 ConstructionWorkerVictim: Money and documentsstolen from victim when apartmentwas looted. Money and telephonestolen from victim by extortion onthe street.22 / EXILES FROM LIBYA FLEE TO EGYPT – FIDH
NationalityNumberof thoseinterviewedYears inLibyaAge(approx.)ProfessionReported ViolationsSomalia 1 1 30 Farm Worker Victim: Termination of employment.Friends all fled due to generalclimate of fear.Witness: Threats by a group of 20young Libyans with knives drivingaround farms.Somalia 1 2 18 MaintenanceOfficerVictim : Attacked by a Libyan.Accused of being a mercenary.Saved by another Libyan.Termination of employment without2 months’ pay.Nigeria 1 18 48 Welder Evacuated from Misrata withpregnant wife.House was bombarded in Misrataby Gaddafi’s forces.Nigeria 1 3 30 Soccer Player Evacuated from Misrata.Witness : Targeted attacks againstblack Africans who were asked ifthey were pro-Gaddafi. Money andtelephone stolen. Shot a woman inher neighborhood while she wastrying to flee after an attack on herhouse.Nigeria 1 8 39 Mechanic Victim: Before the rebellion, victiimof racial discrimination.After the oubreak of rebellion,termination of employment withoutpay.Nigeria 1 10 36 Electrician Victim: Before the rebellion,imprisoned for 11 months withouttrial. Since February, apartmentwas looted and owner asked himto leave.Witness: Saw pictures of a blackAfrican with a severed head inBenghazi in April.Ethiopia-OromoEthiopia-OromoEthiopia-Oromo1 2 20 Coffee ShopVendor1 2 30 MarketVendorWitness: Attacks by gangs againstblack Africans suspected of beingpro-Gaddafi.General climate of fear. Soughtrefuge at the Red Crescent inBenghazi for 1 month.Victim: Detained for 1 year forirregular migration status in2010. Escaped on 19 February.Threatened by a guard with a gun.Fled to Port Juliana and was savedby the Libyan Red Crescent.1 2 40 Not Available Victim: Detained from January2010 to February 2011 forirregular migration status.Violence in prison where there wereapprox. 4,000 undocumented blackAfricans.Witness: On 19 February, rebelsentered the prison. The police killeda Chadian man.FIDH – EXILES FROM LIBYA FLEE TO EGYPT / 23
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