Reports of physical and sexual violence as Libya arrests 5,000 migrants in a week

Raids by the security forces leave at least one man dead, as official observers decry inhumane' detention conditions

More than 5,000 refugees and migrants have been arrested by the Libyan authorities in the past week with some allegedly subjected to severe physical and sexual violence, before being held in increasingly inhumane conditions" in detention centres in Tripoli.

Many of those arrested escaped wars or dictatorships across Africa, and have already undergone years of detention. They were intercepted at sea trying to reach Europe by the EU-supported Libyan coastguard.