Apr 22 Nigel Ash

Jailed editor freed on bail

By Nigel AshTripoli, 22 April 2013The jailed editor of the newspaper Ummah, Amara Hassan Al-Khatabi, has been released on bail.According to an AFP rep...

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Demonstrators at Appeal Court want Khatabi's release
Apr 16 Nigel Ash

Demonstrators at Appeal Court want Khatabi's release

A quiet and dignified demonstration of several dozen people was mounted in front of Tripoli Court of Appeal today, to demand the release of jailed jou...

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Pressure increases for release of ailing editor
Apr 14 Nigel Ash

Pressure increases for release of ailing editor

Tripoli, 14 April 2013:The Libyan authorities must free Amara Hassan Al-Khatabi, editor of Al-Ummah daily and drop charges against him, says Human Rig...

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Apr 6 Michel Cousins

Ailing Al-Khatabi taken from jail to hospital

Tripoli, 6 April 2013:Amara Hassan Al-Khatabi, the editor of the Ummah newspaper, has been taken from prison to hospital because of his deteriorating...

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Release jailed newspaper editor says press NGO
Apr 1 thomwestcott

Release jailed newspaper editor says press NGO

Tripoli, 1 April 2013:Reporters Without Borders (RWB) has added its voice to calls for the release of newspaper editor Amara Hassan Al-Khatabi, who ha...

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Mar 20 Michel Cousins

Libyan human rights group calls for Khatabi to be released

Tripoli, 20 March 2013:The Libyan Human Rights Observatory had called on the judicial authorities on Monday to release Amara Hassan Al-Khatabi, the ed...

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