They Tried to Reach Europe and Were Turned Back. Now They're Trapped in Libya's Crossfires

Expand A detainee stands outside a toilet stall in the Ain Zara detention center, Tripoli, July 5, 2018.  © 2018 Human Rights Watch “Please try to help us to be evacuated from this critical situation,” the message popped up on my mobile phone.  In struggling English, the plea continued: “Our is full of suffering such as starvation, frightened sound of weapons, working as military by force and sickness….” Women, men, and children held in nightmarish migrant detention centers in western Libya now face an even greater risk than usual to life and limb as fighting by rival factions over the Libyan…

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