Arbitrary arrest and arbitrary detention is the arrest or detention of an individual in a case in which there is no likelihood or evidence that they committed a crime against legal statute , or in which there has been no proper due process of law or order.
10-705: Human Rights League or League for Human Rights may refer to: Libyan League for Human Rights Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH) German League for Human Rights Human Rights League (Dutch-speaking Belgium) Human Rights League (France) Human Rights League (French-speaking Belgium) International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH), established 1922, headquartered in Paris International League for Human Rights (ILHR), founded in 1942, based in New York Topics referred to by
20-667: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Libyan League for Human Rights The Libyan League for Human Rights (LLHR) is a human rights organization in the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network . LLHR was established on 2 March 1989 by Soliman Bouchuiguir, Hussein Raiani, Mohammad Zayyan, and Mansour Kikhia. According to the League's website, " Mansour Kikhia , former Libyan ambassador to
30-547: Is to be deprived of their liberty or exiled from their country without having first committed an actual criminal offense against a legal statute, and the government cannot deprive an individual of their liberty without proper due process of law. As well, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights specifies the protection from arbitrary arrest and detention by the Article 9. The implementation of
40-522: The FBI and other US law enforcement agencies had targeted Libyan-American citizens in their homes and workplaces as well as at US-Canada border crossings and airports throughout the US. In its statement regarding the investigation, LLHR indicated that two American citizens of Libyan origin were currently being prevented from entering the US. LLHR highlighted that these actions "directly undermine Articles 9 through 12 of
50-620: The State Department to facilitate his release. Gibani was released on 2 March 2011. On January 27, 2012, the Libyan League for Human Rights opened an investigation into all interactions between Libyans and US law enforcement agencies and related bodies (including the FBI, CIA, local law enforcement, TSA, and CBP, as well as the Department of Homeland Security and State Department) since February 2011. LLHR cited evidence that
60-815: The United Nations, had defected to the US in 1980 and, in December 1993, was kidnapped in Egypt and subsequently transported to Libya, where he is believed to have been executed." As of 2001, LLHR was headquartered from Geneva, Switzerland , with branches in Bornheim , Germany and in England. Since then, it has opened operations in North America. The group opposes the death penalty in Libya and throughout
70-763: The Universal Declaration for Human Rights (UDHR), which protect all human beings from arbitrary arrest , detention, and exile, and arbitrary interference with privacy," as well as "the rights of these individuals to freedom of movement and to return to their country of citizenship, as affirmed in Article 13 of the UDHR." This article about African politics is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Arbitrary arrest and detention Virtually all individuals who are arbitrarily arrested are given no explanation as to why they are being arrested, and they are not shown any arrest warrant . Depending on
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90-537: The social context, many or the vast majority of arbitrarily arrested individuals may be held incommunicado and their whereabouts can be concealed from their family, associates, the public population and open trial courts . Arbitrarily depriving an individual of their liberty is prohibited under international human rights law . Article 9 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights decrees that "no one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile"; that is, no individual, regardless of circumstances,
100-619: The world. Since the beginning of the 2011 Libyan civil war, LLHR has issued statements condemning the violent crackdown on protesters and Gaddafi's use of rape, torture, and abduction as instruments of war . It has also addressed the UN Human Rights Council and European Union on human rights violations during the civil war. LLHR played a role in raising awareness surrounding the detention of American citizen Abdelgader Gibani in February 2011 and in encouraging Americans to call
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