Italy's Supreme Court of Cassation has confirmed a life sentence for Osman M., known as Ismail, for killing and abusing detainees at the camp of Bani Walid in Libya. The judges said that the man killed at least six people and tortured and raped detainees "beyond any reasonable doubt".
Some 350 African migrants, including over 100 children, have reportedly been freed from a secret prison in southeast Libya. The UN migration agency, IOM, said many of them were malnourished and had been abused.
A new report from the police watchdog in the UK has warned British police against passing the details of abused migrant women to the Home Office. They say sharing information can prevent potential victims from approaching the police if they fear they risk deportation.
Within three days, Libya's coast guard intercepted 935 migrants in the Mediterranean and returned them to Libya. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) once again denounced the longstanding practice in light of the documented abuse and exploitation that await returnees in Libyan detention camps.
South Asian migrants stuck in Bosnian camps have accused Croatian police of badly beating people caught trying cross the border into the EU. Human rights groups are calling for an investigation of the abuse allegations.
The Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) led by Fayez al-Sarraj announced it will move migrant centers under Tripoli's control from coastal areas to the country's interior, in an effort to cope with human trafficking.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has once more called for the closure of migrant detention centers in Libya. He highlighted that human rights abuses cost scores of migrant lives in the country.
Pope Francis has likened the living conditions in migrant detention centers in Libya to concentration camps. The comments came during a mass commemorating the pontiff's journey to the Italian island of Lampedusa seven years ago.
Two Afghan members of Parliament investigating the alleged abuse and drowning of Afghan migrants by Iranian guards say 45 people died in the incident. 17 bodies have so far been recovered from the Harirud River, which forms part of Afghanistan’s northern border with Iran.
Stay at home orders to contain the spread of COVID-19 have exposed women and girls to a much greater risk of domestic violence. There is growing evidence that abuse is thriving in the conditions created by the pandemic.
Authorities in Niger rescued 232 victims of sex trafficking and forced labor. Among the victims were girls as young as 10.
A Macedonian man and three Pakistanis have been charged with imprisoning a group of migrants in North Macedonia last year. The victims were from India, Afghanistan and Pakistan.