The death penalty has been reinstated in this African country.

Eastern Libya, governed by a Russian-backed administration, ended a 10-year moratorium on the death penalty by executing dozens of individuals convicted of terrorism and murder-related crimes.

Local and international human rights observers report that at least 30 people were executed in the eastern cities of Benghazi and Derna between late August and early September.

Many of those executed had been convicted by military courts, marking a marked increase in judicial severity across the region.

The death penalty has been reinstated in Libya, a country supported by Russia, while the European Union is demanding an immediate halt.

This sudden wave of executions marks the formal collapse of an unofficial freeze on the death penalty that had been in place since 2010.

Legal experts and international monitoring teams have found that many trials for capital crimes lacked transparency, impartial oversight, and guarantees of a fair trial for defendants.

In response to these executions, the European Union issued a strong diplomatic rebuke to the local authorities, calling on them to suspend all planned executions and to put an end to new death sentences.

Reaffirming the bloc's total opposition to the death penalty, it was recently published on the official website of the European Union that the death penalty is "cruel, inhuman and irreversible" and stressed that execution by the State is "incompatible with human dignity".

The European Union also urged Libyan regional authorities to work closely with the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) to review procedures in courts of first instance and bring judicial practices into line with international legal obligations.

The United States maintains a level 4 travel warning, advising against all travel to Libya.

A few weeks ago, the U.S. State Department reissued its highest security alert regarding travel to the region.

Classified as a Level 4 "Do Not Travel" advisory, this warning urges U.S. citizens to avoid travel to Libya under any circumstances due to ongoing armed conflict, civil unrest, and lawlessness.

A Business Insider Africa report cited official US warnings indicating that "American citizens could be among those targeted for kidnappings."

The US government also warned that, since it does not have an active embassy in Libya, its ability to provide emergency consular assistance or traveler evacuation assistance remains strictly limited.