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Two million POS transactions in a single day across 67,000 points cause collapse of e-payment system - CBL apologises UNSMIL warns of escalation in Zawia and calls for restraint ahead of Eid al-Adha Minister of Economy and Trade affirms Ministry's orientation towards building a more disciplined and transparent business environment Labour Ministry developing specific, secure and healthy Labour Housing Project for legal expatriate workers Head of Airports Authority inaugurates first meeting tasked with testing readiness of systems and equipment at Tripoli International Airport Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts releases its Q1 2026 Report for the Libyan Tourism Sector Libyan Express announces launch of direct flights between Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and Malta starting 22 June Libyan Railroads meets China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. - joint committees to negotiate activating signed contracts Minister of Economy Abu Shiha approves 13 decisions related to foreign and joint ventures and commercial agencies Akakus Oil uses SLB’s Rhino Reamer technology - the first in the Middle East and North Africa – to successfully drill well M.24H-NC115 Two million POS transactions in a single day across 67,000 points cause collapse of e-payment system - CBL apologises UNSMIL warns of escalation in Zawia and calls for restraint ahead of Eid al-Adha Minister of Economy and Trade affirms Ministry's orientation towards building a more disciplined and transparent business environment Labour Ministry developing specific, secure and healthy Labour Housing Project for legal expatriate workers Head of Airports Authority inaugurates first meeting tasked with testing readiness of systems and equipment at Tripoli International Airport Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts releases its Q1 2026 Report for the Libyan Tourism Sector Libyan Express announces launch of direct flights between Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and Malta starting 22 June Libyan Railroads meets China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. - joint committees to negotiate activating signed contracts Minister of Economy Abu Shiha approves 13 decisions related to foreign and joint ventures and commercial agencies Akakus Oil uses SLB’s Rhino Reamer technology - the first in the Middle East and North Africa – to successfully drill well M.24H-NC115 Two million POS transactions in a single day across 67,000 points cause collapse of e-payment system - CBL apologises UNSMIL warns of escalation in Zawia and calls for restraint ahead of Eid al-Adha Minister of Economy and Trade affirms Ministry's orientation towards building a more disciplined and transparent business environment Labour Ministry developing specific, secure and healthy Labour Housing Project for legal expatriate workers Head of Airports Authority inaugurates first meeting tasked with testing readiness of systems and equipment at Tripoli International Airport Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts releases its Q1 2026 Report for the Libyan Tourism Sector Libyan Express announces launch of direct flights between Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and Malta starting 22 June Libyan Railroads meets China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. - joint committees to negotiate activating signed contracts Minister of Economy Abu Shiha approves 13 decisions related to foreign and joint ventures and commercial agencies Akakus Oil uses SLB’s Rhino Reamer technology - the first in the Middle East and North Africa – to successfully drill well M.24H-NC115 Two million POS transactions in a single day across 67,000 points cause collapse of e-payment system - CBL apologises UNSMIL warns of escalation in Zawia and calls for restraint ahead of Eid al-Adha Minister of Economy and Trade affirms Ministry's orientation towards building a more disciplined and transparent business environment Labour Ministry developing specific, secure and healthy Labour Housing Project for legal expatriate workers Head of Airports Authority inaugurates first meeting tasked with testing readiness of systems and equipment at Tripoli International Airport Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts releases its Q1 2026 Report for the Libyan Tourism Sector Libyan Express announces launch of direct flights between Tripoli’s Mitiga Airport and Malta starting 22 June Libyan Railroads meets China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. - joint committees to negotiate activating signed contracts Minister of Economy Abu Shiha approves 13 decisions related to foreign and joint ventures and commercial agencies Akakus Oil uses SLB’s Rhino Reamer technology - the first in the Middle East and North Africa – to successfully drill well M.24H-NC115
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Intimidation by militias creates censorship in western Libya says rights group
Jul 27 Michel Cousins

Intimidation by militias creates censorship in western Libya says rights group

By Gabriel Harrison. Tunis, 27 July 2017:Human Rights Watch (HRW) says that human rights activists in Libya continue to be targeted and prevented from...

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Oct 26 Nigel Ash

Hadba Prison chief suspended, guards sought in Saadi abuse claims

By Libya Herald reporters. A video allegedly showing prison guards torturing Saadi Qaddafi has appeared on social media (Photo: Clearview).Tripoli, 26...

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Jun 23 Nigel Ash

Government rejects HoR report of detainee torture

By Libya Herald reporters. Tripoli, 23 June 2015:The government has angrily rejected a report by Human Rights Watch whose investigators said they had...

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May 27 Newsdesk2

Benghazi residents must be allowed safe passage out of conflict zones

By Libya Herald staff.Sarah Leah Whitson of HRW  says Benghazi resident are trapped (File photo)Tripoli, 27 May 2015:Benghazi residents need a safe pa...

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Jan 29 Newsdesk1

HRW demands end to human rights abuses and trial for abusers

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 29 January 2015:Human Rights Watch (HRW) has demanded the outside world  “press all sides” to end the bloodshed and to...

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Nov 28 Newsdesk1

UN sanctions "hollow" if not followed through: HRW

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 28 November 2014:As the conflict in Libya intensifies and the number war crimes grows, Human Rights Watch (HRW) is...

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Nov 21 Newsdesk2

Libyan editor receives prison sentence in defamation trial: miscarriage of justice claimed

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 21 November 2014:Human Rights Watch (HRW), Reporters without Borders and civil liberties groups have vehemently condemn...

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Sep 24 Newsdesk1

HRW: Assassinations may be crimes against humanity

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 24 September 2014:In light of the recent killing sprees in Benghazi, with ten assassinations last Friday and another ei...

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Mar 6 thomwestcott

Human Rights Watch expresses concern over Saadi extradition

Tripoli, 6 March 2014:The extradition of Saadi Qaddafi from Niger and his imprisonment in Libya has sparked concern from international NGO Human Right...

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Dec 14 Michel Cousins

Human Rights Watch calls on authorities to scrap insult laws

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 14 December 2013:The international NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) has demanded that Libyan authorities drop criminal char...

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