May 18 Sami Zaptia

ICC Prosecutor Bensouda’s Libya statement to UN Security Council

By Sami Zaptia.ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda presented her report on Libya to the UN Security Council yesterday (Photo: ICC).London, 18 May 2021:In he...

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May 9 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL condemns indiscriminate attacks on civilian populated areas in Tripoli causing many civilian casualties

By Sami Zaptia.London, 9 May 2020:UNSMIL yesterday strongly condemned the increased attacks on civilian populated areas in Tripoli, including what it...

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May 8 Sami Zaptia

EU strongly condemns indiscriminate shelling of civilians in Tripoli by Hafter forces – killing at least 5 civilians

By Sami Zaptia.London, 8 May 2020:The European Union today ‘‘condemned in the strongest possible terms the latest indiscriminate series of shellings a...

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Indiscriminate shelling of Tripoli’s civilians continues in holy Ramadan despite internationals calls for, and an LNA announced ‘humanitarian’ ceasefire
May 7 Sami Zaptia

Indiscriminate shelling of Tripoli’s civilians continues in holy Ramadan despite internationals calls for, and an LNA announced ‘humanitarian’ ceasefire

By Sami Zaptia.London, 7 May 2020:The indiscriminate shelling of civilians in Tripoli has continued unabated over the last week or so despite the unil...

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May 7 Sami Zaptia

ICC latest report to UN Security Council on Libya: Military commanders responsible for crimes committed by their forces

By Sami Zaptia.(Archives).London, 7 May 2020:In her 5 May report on the situation in Libya to the UN Security Council, International Criminal Court (I...

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Tripoli government calls on ICC to investigate Murzuk killing of dozens of civilians attributed to Hafter's forces
Aug 8 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli government calls on ICC to investigate Murzuk killing of dozens of civilians attributed to Hafter's forces

By Sami Zaptia.The Tripoli government has called on the ICC to investigate the bombing and deaths of dozens of civilians in Murzuk last Sunday attribu...

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ICC takes Libya seriously, calls for implementation of arrest warrants
May 9 Sami Zaptia

ICC takes Libya seriously, calls for implementation of arrest warrants

By Sami Zaptia.London, 9 May 2019:In her statement yesterday to the United Nations Security Council on the situation in Libya (pursuant to UNSCR 1970...

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Apr 17 Sami Zaptia

ICC calls on all Tripoli fighters to respect international humanitarian law

By Sami Zaptia. London, 17 April 2019: The International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, called on all taking part in the fightin...

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UN chief Guterres "horrified" by Libyan slavery reports
Nov 20 Nigel Ash

UN chief Guterres "horrified" by Libyan slavery reports

By Zeinab Mohammed Salih.New York, 20 November 2017:The UN secretary-general has said he is horrified by the CNN video footage showing sub-Saharan mig...

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Nov 13 Nigel Ash

Civil rights lawyers to press ICC to probe Khalifa Hafter over war crimes

By Libya Herald reporters. The Internationai Criminal Court in the Hague (File photo)Tunis, 13 November 2017:European civil rights lawyers acting on b...

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