Sep 20 Michel Cousins

Planned demonstrations not seen as threat to government

By Ashraf Abdul-Waha.Tripoli, 20 September 2013:Plans by a Benghazi-based political group for massive demonstrations across the country tomorrow, Satu...

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Apr 18 Nigel Ash

Lawyers alarmed at GNC constitutional amendments

By Nigel Ash.Tripoli, 18 April 2013:The human rights group Lawyers for Justice in Libya has condemned “alarming” GNC amendments to the interim Constit...

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Government backs Mufti's call for foreign marriage ban
Apr 14 thomwestcott

Government backs Mufti's call for foreign marriage ban

By Reem Tombokti.Tripoli, 14 April 2013:The Ministry of Social Affairs has endorsed a fatwa from the Grand Mufti, Sheikh Sadeq Al-Ghariani, that prohi...

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Inside the Commission for Integrity and Patriotism
Apr 11 Michel Cousins

Inside the Commission for Integrity and Patriotism

By Mathieu Galtier.Tripoli, 11 April 2013:Forget Prime Minister Ali Zeidan or the President of General National Congress, Mohamed Magaryef, or the Gra...

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Apr 11 Nigel Ash

The Constitutional Commission will be elected and the political isolation law is constitutional, rules Congress

By Valerie Stocker,Tripoli, 11 April 2013:The General National Congress last night confirmed that the Commission that will draft Libya’s new Constitut...

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Supreme Court exonerates Interior Minister, rejects Integrity Commission appeal
Feb 10 Michel Cousins

Supreme Court exonerates Interior Minister, rejects Integrity Commission appeal

By Hadi Fornaji.nterior Minister Ashour Shuwail at a ceremony at the beginning of the month to mark the merger of the Interior Ministry’s crime invest...

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Feb 8 Nigel Ash

Wives can no longer stop husbands taking second bride

Tripoli, 8 February 2013:A husband may now marry second wife, without the permission of his first, following a ruling by the Constitutional Chamber of...

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GNC decides on elections, Adrian Pelt would be pleased
Feb 6 thomwestcott

GNC decides on elections, Adrian Pelt would be pleased

By Lorianne Updike Toler Libya Commissioner Mr. Adrian Pelt (center) with David Vaughan (left), Acting Secretary-General for UN Department of Conferen...

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Libyan judges in Pakistan on goodwill visit
Jan 23 thomwestcott

Libyan judges in Pakistan on goodwill visit

Tripoli, 23 January:A group of Libyan judges, led by Chief Justice Kamal Bashir Al-Dahan, is on a goodwill visit to Pakistan.The delegation, which inc...

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Dec 30 Michel Cousins

Supreme Court upholds Integrity Commission rulings

Tripoli, 30 December:The Administrative Chamber of the Supreme Court has rejected final appeals by two people disbarred by the Integrity Commission fr...

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