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    Testimony of the Sudanese refugee in Libya, MARY ABUK ANEY DUT

    Testimony of the Sudanese refugee in Libya, MARY ABUK ANEY DUT 
    Voice and video collected By: Magazine Charilogone & African Refugees Rights Initiative 

     Mary Abuk Aney Dut, a Sudanese refugee in Libya, shared her harrowing experience. She recounted how she was at home when her neighbors warned her that the police were coming. 
    Despite her belief that the police would not act against them since they had rented the house, the police arrived with several vehicles, broke down the door, and entered, shouting "Noutou Noutou." They hit her with the butt of their weapons. 

     Mary had her UNHCR Libya card, but it did not prevent her and her children from being taken to prison along with other neighboring families. They were detained for a week, during which they were beaten. The prison was filled with people of various African nationalities. The Libyan police dismissed the significance of the UNHCR card, stating that they had entered the country illegally. 

    Around 50 people were arrested in the Saradj neighborhood, near the UNHCR office in Tripoli. Mary emphasized that they are refugees and asylum seekers who fled the war in search of protection, only to find themselves in Libya without support from the UNHCR, which did not visit them in prison. Mary's testimony highlights the dire situation faced by Sudanese refugees in Libya, where they endure violence and lack of protection despite holding UNHCR documentation.

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