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Two Libyan police officers  stand in front of a police vehicle in the capital Tripoli.

Libya’s morality police unit will be tasked with "enforcing society's traditions" by surveilling people in the street and persecuting those who break the rules.

Photo by Mahmud Turkia / AFP) via Getty Images.

The New Morality Police Raise Concerns Over Human Rights in Libya

The reintroduction of the public morality protection unit would infringe on various international agreements to protect women from gender-based discrimination.