May 7 Nigel Ash

Lawyers damn "glorification" and amnesty laws

Tripoli, 8 May:An influential group of Libyan lawyers has condemned two new laws, criminalising glorification of Qaddafi’s regime and pardoning crimes...

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May 4 Sami Zaptia

Amnesty International condemns Libyan law restricting freedom of speech as “eerie reminder” of Qaddafi era

Tripoli, 4 May: Amnesty International yesterday condemned a new Libyan law forbidding the "glorification" of the deposed leader Muammar Qaddafi, sayin...

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Apr 19 Michel Cousins

Amnesty International accuses Misrata of continued torture

Tripoli, 19 April:Amnesty International ?has demanded that NTC act immediately to investigate and prosecute abuses against the Tawergha community of b...

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Apr 7 Michel Cousins

Lawyers demand Saif Al-Islam be handed to ICC

Tripoli, April 7Defence lawyers have called on Libya to hand over Saif Al-Islam Qaddafi, son of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi to the Intern...

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Fugitive Baghdadi Mahmoudi "starving to death"
Mar 9 Nigel Ash

Fugitive Baghdadi Mahmoudi "starving to death"

Tripoli 9 March: Qaddafi’s last prime minister, Baghdadi Mahmoudi is starving himself to death in his Tunisian prison cell, claimed one of this lawye...

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Detained journalists are "spies" says Faraj Swehli
Mar 5 Nigel Ash

Detained journalists are "spies" says Faraj Swehli

The commander of the Misrata militia holding two British journalists and their Libyan driver has accused them of spying and entering the country illeg...

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Mar 3 Michel Cousins

Opinion: Libya: NTC Must Exercise Authority And Tackle Militias – by Jason Pack

by Jason Pack.The current situation in Libya can best be characterized as a struggle pitting the 'center' that controls national institutions, the flo...

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Feb 17 Michel Cousins

UK and Libya to hold Human Rights conference

Britain said on Thursday it is planning a joint meeting with Libya in the spring to help ensure human rights in the country.There have been a number o...

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Minister acts on torture claims
Feb 5 Nigel Ash

Minister acts on torture claims

The Ministry of Justice will investigate torture in Libyan jails and prosecute all offenders, says Justice Minister Ali Humaida Ashour.Both Human Righ...

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UN backs Al-Kib's programme
Jan 30 Michel Cousins

UN backs Al-Kib's programme

Prime Minister Abderrahman Al-Kib with other African leaders during the inauguration ceremony for the new African Union Conference Centre in Addis Aba...

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