FACILITY NAMES
Location
Country: Libya
City & Region: Tripoli, Africa
Latitude, Longitude: 32.80654899398971, 13.293174122071727
MANAGEMENT & BUDGET
DETAINEES
SIZE & POPULATION
LENGTH OF DETENTION
OUTCOMES
CONDITIONS
CARCERAL INDICATORS
STAFF
Mistreatment Reports
Mistreatment Complaints Yes
Details/Description “[M]igrants, asylum seekers and refugees including children, [are] arbitrarily held in inhumane conditions rife with human rights violations, including torture and ill-treatment, forced labour, and extortion.”
Report date (Month) February
Report date (Year) 2026
SEGREGATION
CELLS
COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES
HEALTH
MONITORING & ACCESS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
NEWS & TESTIMONY
2026
"From January 2024 to June 2025, hundreds of individuals, including Bangladeshis, Egyptians, Eritreans, Ethiopians, Syrians, Somalis, Sudanese and other Sub-Saharan Africans, were detained at Ain Zara DCIM detention centre, where they were required to pay for their release. Reliable sources reported that at least four detainees were shot in their legs following a dispute among guards over ransom amounts. According to survivors, there are 10 hangars in the Ain Zara compound, each holding between 350-400 individuals." - UNSMIL and OHCHR
2025
“If you fail to pay the ransom or refuse to work, you are deprived of food and beaten by the prison guards. This is the routine.” Testimony of an Eritrean man who was detained in Ain Zara for one year and seven months. He managed to escape in January 2025
