Government blocks UN request for security unit
Dec 18 Callum Paton

Government blocks UN request for security unit

By Callum Paton.Tripoli, 18 December 2013:Authorities have blocked requests made by the UN Security Council for the deployment of a 235-strong guard u...

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UNSMIL head calls for national dialogue and reconciliation
Dec 18 Callum Paton

UNSMIL head calls for national dialogue and reconciliation

By Callum Paton. Tripoli, 18 December 2013:The Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Tarek Mitri, told a press conference yesterday that t...

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Lack of arrests for crimes in Libya not our fault says prosecution service
Dec 11 Michel Cousins

Lack of arrests for crimes in Libya not our fault says prosecution service

By Jamal Adel and Aimen Eljali.Tripoli, 11 December 2013:Defending itself against accusation that it was doing little to crack down on crime, the Mini...

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Dec 9 Michel Cousins

UN envoy calls for greater dialogue and less misunderstanding

By Libya Herald staff.Tarek Mitri briefing the UN Security Council in MarchTripoli, 9 December 2013.Libya’s “excessive” political polarisation will be...

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Oct 8 Michel Cousins

UNSMIL chief criticises US abduction of Ruqaii

Tripoli, 8 October 2013:The UN Special Representative in Libya, Tarek Mitri, has criticised the kidnapping of Nazih Al-Ruqaii, alias Abu Anas Al-Libi,...

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Oct 1 Michel Cousins

Libyans being tortured and killed in prisons say UN

Tripoli, 1 October 2013: Torture and killing of detainees in Libyan prisons is still happening according to a report issued today by UN Support Missio...

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Conference on Transitional Justice Law explains aims
Sep 30 Michel Cousins

Conference on Transitional Justice Law explains aims

By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab. Congress President Nuri Abu Sahmain at the Transitional Justice Law conference (Photo: Aimen Eljali)Tripoli, 30 September 2013:...

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Sep 26 thomwestcott

Tripoli jail stormed, illegally detained prisoners found

By Ashraf Abdul Wahab.Tripoli, 26 September 2013:A number of illegally-detained prisoners, including several women, have been found in a detention fac...

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UNSMIL welcomes start of Constitution-Drafting Assembly elections
Sep 25 thomwestcott

UNSMIL welcomes start of Constitution-Drafting Assembly elections

Tripoli, 25 September 2013:The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has welcomed the announcement by the High National Elections Commissio...

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Aug 31 Michel Cousins

National Dialogue must be reach out to all sections of society: Congress official

By Umar Khan. Tripoli, 31 August 2013: Muhammed Harari, the head of the National Dialogue initiative and of the Office of Consultants at Congress, s...

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