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appointed a lawyer who he said did little more in court than “rattle off the names of all the
people he represented.” Lwatty denied all the charges against him. He was convicted and
sentenced to life in prison, which was later reduced to twelve years.
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Mafud al-Sadiq Embaya Abdullah
Human Rights Watch interviewed Mafud al-Sadiq Embaya
Abdullah (Embaya) in Benghazi in March 2012. The
following account and quotes are drawn from this inter-
view unless otherwise noted. 438
Embaya was 26 when he left Libya in 1996. He is the
eldest of six siblings and had been studying at the University
of Benghazi. He said he left the country after some of
his neighbors were arrested. “They were committed to
Mafud Embaya Abdullah.
religion, they were afraid, I was afraid,” he said. “We knew
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that if someone was arrested they weren’t getting out.
They were being detained for a long time.” He had also
heard that people were being beaten until they gave up the names of other people who
would then be arrested as well.
Embaya initially went to Chad, then to Sudan, where he was involved in trade. He said he
only joined the LIFG in 2000. After that he went to Afghanistan, where he stayed until late
2001. He then began moving around constantly, trying to avoid arrest. He was in Iran for
six months, Sudan, Nigeria twice, and finally back to Chad. He said he was tracked down
after the Chadian authorities said they found his name and contact number on the computer
of another LIFG member who had been detained.
He was arrested on November 25, 2004 in Chad’s capital, N’Djamena, and held until March
17, 2005. During this time he was held in a cell that had a stone floor with no mattress or
blanket. His hands were handcuffed and his feet shackled day and night. He was only
438 Human Rights Watch interview with Mafud al-Sadiq Embaya Abdullah, Benghazi, Libya, March 2012.