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communication 		Mandates Summary Replies received
    10 Jul 2014
    Libya
    JAL
  • human rights defenders
  • executions
  • violence against women
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • women in law and in practice
 Alleged killing of a human rights defender by unknown assailants in Benghazi, Libya. According to the information received, on 25 June 2014, Ms. Salwa Bugaighis, co-founder of the Libyan Women’s Platform for Peace and vice-chair of the Preparatory Commission for the National Dialogue, was shot dead by unknown assailants in her home in Benghazi. Her husband, Mr. Issam Bugaighis, who is a member of the Benghazi municipal council, has been reported missing since the attack. The assassination of Ms. Bugaighis came on the day of the country’s parliamentary elections in a climate of increased violence targeted at human defenders and political figures in Libya.
Alleged victims: 2
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