Seham Sergiwa is a Libyan psychologist and politician. She was elected to the Libyan parliament in 2014. Seham was kidnapped from her home in Benghazi on 17 July 2019 by a Libyan National Army militia loyal to Khalifa Haftar.

None of us has said that we are to blame. It said, “Don’t cross the army line.”

At around 01:30 a.m., unknown masked and uniformed Libyan National Army soldiers broke into her house. Seham’s son was abused by the 106th Brigade, and her husband’s legs were hurt by them.

They were sick and couldn’t see their family. Sergiwa has family in the United States who miss her. Adam Sergiwa got a call from one of his Libyan relatives.

They wrote on the walls of the house not to criticize Hafta.Sergiwa had just said that Haftar and his troops were bad on Egyptian TV. It is Sergiwa, his brother.Only she doesn’t seem afraid of him. TOO MANY TIME, SHE HAS FAILED TO AGREE.On July 18, Sergiwa was freed from prison and went home.july 18th Ms. Sergewa was kidnapped and her husband was hurt, so UNSMIL was worried. Madam Sergewa, a representative for Benghazi, was taken away on Friday night.

That the authorities look into how Ms. Sergewa was forced to go away. It’s time for Ms. Sergewa to be set free now. Forcible disappearances that last a long time Wrong arrests lead to kidnappings.This is what the UNSMIL wants for Libyan women. They want them to be fully involved in politics and decision-making.Seham Sergiwa was a little girl.On April 4, Haftar led his troops into Tripoli with the help of Egypt’s President, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi.

The Western Libya Offense of 2019 left a trail of trash in the Sahara. People in Libya should get rid of Haftar, Seham told them.In the days before she was kidnapped, Sergiwa had called for a government that included extremists from both sides.

Seham Sergiwa’s Professional Career

• Seham Sergiwa  left Libya for London in the late 1990s where she earned her doctorate in clinical psychology.
• She worked in her field until the late 2000s before returning to Libya in the wake of the Arab Spring.
• Later, she also served in The House of Representatives in Libya For Five Years And is a Strong Women’s Rights Advocate.
• In 2011, Sergiwa investigated the use of rape as a weapon of war during the 2011 Libyan Civil War. She documented 300 rapes during the war and estimates that in total, 6000 women were raped.
• Moreover, she was one of the first to protest Gaddafi’s corrupt government that banned freedom of speech, private businesses and books and used murder as means of legal punishment.
• As of July 2019, she was considered to be one of the most prominent Libyan politicians fighting for democracy and equal rights.

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