Ghot al-Sha'al, Tripoli

Ghot Al-Sha'al/Tobacco Factory Illegal Detention Centre

Status

In use

2026

Type: Warehouse (Ad Hoc)

Custodial Authority: Not Available

Management: Head of the General Security Apparatus (Governmental)

Detains: Not Available

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Libya

17

Dedicated Detention Centres

200,335

Refugees

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ABOUT

The Ghot Alsha'al is an unofficial detention centre in an old tobacco factory is operated by an armed militia that is used to confine people intercepted by the Libyan coast guard.


NEWS & TESTIMONY
2021

"Thousands of refugees and migrants who had disembarked along the Libyan shore following interception at sea have been subjected to enforced disappearance or have otherwise gone missing. The Libyan coastguard had transfe [...]

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FACILITY NAMES
Ghot Al-Sha'al/Tobacco Factory Illegal Detention Centre
Location

Country: Libya

City & Region: Ghot al-Sha'al, Tripoli, Africa

Contact Information
Exact address unknown

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
In use
2026
In use
2025
In use
2024
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Ad Hoc
Warehouse
2026
National typology
Official Typology
Year
Illegal Detention Centre
2026
Management
Management
Type
Year
Head of the General Security Apparatus
Governmental
2026
Operating Period
Year of entry
Year ceased
2021

DETAINEES

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LENGTH OF DETENTION

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MONITORING & ACCESS

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

NEWS & TESTIMONY

2021

"Thousands of refugees and migrants who had disembarked along the Libyan shore following interception at sea have been subjected to enforced disappearance or have otherwise gone missing. The Libyan coastguard had transferred the individuals in question to detention facilities controlled by armed groups affiliated with the Ministry of Interior. Hundreds have been taken to, and forcibly disappeared at, an unofficial detention site located in Tripoli that is known as the tobacco factory, which was opened in January 2021."