URGENT-- When Having a Library is a Crime: Madghis and Mazigh Buzakhar kidnapped by the security forces in Tripoli

left: Madghis Buzakhar
right: Mazigh Buzakhar

The two Amazigh Militant brothers Madghis and Mazigh Buzakhar were kidnapped from their home in Tripoli, the evening of Thursday, 16th December 2010, by a unidentified civilians claiming to belong to the internal security apparatus.

The fate and whereabouts of the detained young brothers are still unknown since the said date, as well as the real reason behind their abusive arrest. Another process of abduction was committed against them in raiding their home the following day, and the confiscation of their historical and cultural assembly of books that their house-library contained. This alone sheds the light on the background of the police practices of oppression, the motto of a system determined to chain freedom of opinion and thought, and the fight against the cultural right of Amazigh militants in Libya.

The Libyan Working Group, as soon as ascertained of the information provided to it, has contacted international human rights organizations through its inspectors in charge of legal Libyan files, and provided them with all information available regarding the incident which is included within the report of the international league offered by the group every three months to regular international. This sorrowful event will also be presented as part of the agenda for the fifth Amazigh of Libya Forum held next week under the slogan: The Libyan Amazigh Movement and The Options of Resistance.