Dec 16 tomlittle

Benghazi police institute receives 1,500 SSC applications in two days

Tripoli, 16 December:Benghazi’s police training institute has been overwhelmed by the number of applications from members of the city’s Supreme Securi...

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Dec 14 Michel Cousins

No SSC disbandment yet PM declares

By Michel Cousins.Prime Minister Zeidan told the Libya Herald that the SSC would be running for some time yet.Tripoli, 14 December:Prime Minister Ali...

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Abducted social network activist Hamid Al-Tubuly hits out at the SSC, denies involvement with Mohammed Qaddafi
Dec 11 George Grant

Abducted social network activist Hamid Al-Tubuly hits out at the SSC, denies involvement with Mohammed Qaddafi

By Umar Khan.Tripoli, 11 December:New light has been shed on the abduction of the prominent social network activist Hamid Al-Tubuly by members of the...

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Benghazi port officials accuse SSC of “wasting public money” following seizure of Iranian vessel suspected of carrying smuggled oil
Dec 10 George Grant

Benghazi port officials accuse SSC of “wasting public money” following seizure of Iranian vessel suspected of carrying smuggled oil

By Ashraf Abdul Wahab.Tripoli, 10 December:Benghazi port officials have reacted badly to the seizure of an Iranian vessel suspected of holding more th...

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Dec 9 Michel Cousins

SSC demise by 31 December reconfirmed by Hashim Bishar

By Umar Khan.Members of the SSC will stop being paid from next month. Tripoli, 9 December:The decision by the Ministry of Interior to dissolve the Sup...

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Protesters stage unauthorised demonstration against law banning unauthorised demonstrations
Dec 5 George Grant

Protesters stage unauthorised demonstration against law banning unauthorised demonstrations

By George Grant. The protesters claimed the new law, as well as the new Ministry of Information, represented unacceptable restrictions on free speech....

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Social networking activist freed following Magarief intervention; SSC responsible
Dec 5 George Grant

Social networking activist freed following Magarief intervention; SSC responsible

By George Grant.Hamid Al-Tubuly was taken for questioning by the SSC's 10th brigade in Dehra.Tripoli, 5 December:The prominent social networking activ...

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Fireworks explosion in Tripoli
Dec 2 Michel Cousins

Fireworks explosion in Tripoli

Tripoli, 2 December:An explosion in a firework’s store in Tripoli’s Shara Rashid late on Saturday morning led to the street being closed and traffic g...

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Abducted ten-year old freed after authorities swoop on phone intercept intelligence
Dec 1 George Grant

Abducted ten-year old freed after authorities swoop on phone intercept intelligence

By George Grant.Abdulmalik Bel-Eid back at his home on Saturday evening. His kidnappers had threatened to kill him if they didn't receive a LD 500,000...

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Kidnappers threaten to kill ten-year old if they fail to receive LD 500,000 ransom
Nov 30 George Grant

Kidnappers threaten to kill ten-year old if they fail to receive LD 500,000 ransom

By George Grant.Tripoli, 30 November:Criminals have threatened to kill a ten-year old boy abducted from a small town west of Tripoli on Thursday after...

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