UN says up to 6,000 Libyans held by brigades

Published November 20, 2014

The United Nations estimates that up to 6,000 Libyans are detained in facilities run by revolutionary brigades that helped oust Muammar Qaddafi. It urges Libya to hurry its process of putting the facilities under government control.

The top U.N. envoy to Libya told the Security Council on Wednesday that the U.N. Support Mission continues to urge Libya's Ministry of Justice "to accelerate the process of asserting control over the facilities currently run by the brigades."

Ian Martin said eight detention centers with a total of 2,383 detainees have been placed under government control.

Martin said Libyan authorities recognize that their main challenge is to address the wide circulation of weapons in the country and the future of the revolutionary fighters, and to develop professional state security institutions under civilian control.

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