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Wednesday 04 Nov 2015 - 11:27 Makkah mean time-22-1-1437
Tripoli (IINA) – UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Libya Ali Al-Za’tari condemned the continued abduction in southern Libya of two Libyan humanitarian workers affiliated with aid agencies despite the repeated calls for their immediate and unconditional release.
He cautioned that the ability to deliver crucial aid to the needy in the south of Libya is being affected by the threats to the aid workers.
Al-Za’tari also expressed serious concern about reports of poor detention conditions endured by the abducted humanitarian workers.
“This continued abduction is undermining the efforts to distribute much-needed humanitarian assistance to the most affected communities in Libya,” he said, adding: “The Libyan people in the South, who need the assistance the most, are victims paying the price because this abduction is compromising the distribution of aid to them.”
The two men, who work for implementing partner for a number of international humanitarian agencies, were abducted on June 5 in southern Libya while on their way to deliver humanitarian assistance to areas in southwestern Libya.
Al-Za’tari stressed the urgency of the immediate and unconditional release of the two men, calling on Libyans in position of responsibility and influence to intervene to ensure their release. He recalled that hostage-taking and intentionally directing attacks against civilian personnel involved in humanitarian assistance are war crimes.
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