Eastern Libya carries out ten death sentences, prompting rights groups' outcry

Military prosecutors in eastern Libya confirmed that ten prisoners were executed by firing squad following convictions for terrorism-related crimes, including alleged involvement with joint terrorist groups and assassinations of military and civilian targets. The killings were said to have taken place at the Qarnada military prison in the town of Shahat, and relatives were instructed to retrieve the remains from a hospital in Benghazi.

The National Institution for Human Rights denounced the proceedings, questioning the legal basis for trying civilians in military courts and invoking a Constitutional Court ruling that deems such trials unconstitutional. International organisations such as Amnesty International have repeatedly highlighted Libya's continued use of the death penalty after what they describe as unfair trials. The executions occur amid Libya's ongoing division between rival administrations in the east and west, each backed by militias and foreign actors.