Libya’s prison and detention system is in chaos: report
Sep 4 Sami Zaptia

Libya’s prison and detention system is in chaos: report

By Sami Zaptia.London, 4 September 2016:Libya’s prisons and its detention system is in chaos, and earlier hopes for reform have faltered, a United Sta...

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Sep 13 Michel Cousins

Judicial police seeks to employ women

By Ajnadin Mustafa.Tripoli, 13 September 2015:The Judicial Police in Tripoli says it urgently needs women to join the force. According to media spokes...

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May 18 Michel Cousins

Janzour court attracts ire of Sharia supporters

By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab.Tripoli, 18 May 2014:The courthouse in the west Tripoli suburb of Janzour has been daubed with pro-Islamist graffiti demanding i...

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May 11 Michel Cousins

Judicial police go on strike

 Ashraf Abdul-Wahab.Tripoli, 11 May 2014:The Judicial Police went on strike today demanding a formal enquiry into the killing of five of their colleag...

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May 9 Michel Cousins

Three days of national mourning for murdered Judicial Police

By Hadi Fornaji.Tripoli, 9 May 2014: The government has announced three days of national mourning as of today for the members of the judicial police w...

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Apr 11 Michel Cousins

Prisoners escape in Tripoli

By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab.Tripoli, 11 April 2014: Ten prisoners who were being taken from Ain Zara’s Ruwaimi jail to the public prosecutor’s office manage...

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Apr 3 Michel Cousins

Security official targeted in Derna

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 3 March 2014:A member of the Derna’s Judicial Police and his family escaped death today when gunmen sprayed their car w...

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Judges suspend work over assassinations and intimidation
Feb 22 Callum Paton

Judges suspend work over assassinations and intimidation

By Ahmed Elumami.Tripoli, 22 February 2014:Judges across the country have stopped hearing cases until their safety can be guaranteed. They say judicia...

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Feb 2 Michel Cousins

Breakfast breakout from Swani Road jail

By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab.Tripoli, 2 February 2014:Fifty-five prisoners escaped yesterday from the Bawabat Al-Jibs prison on Tripoli’s Swani Road when the...

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Aug 3 Michel Cousins

Prisoners escape in Tripoli

By Ashraf Abdul Wahab.Tripoli, 3 August 2013:At many as 18 prisoners managed to escape in Tripoli on Thursday afternoon when a judicial police vehicle...

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