EU welcomes positive steps taken by Libyan authorities in releasing detainees
Mar 30 Sami Zaptia

EU welcomes positive steps taken by Libyan authorities in releasing detainees

‏The Delegation of the European Union to Libya today joined the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) ‎in welcoming the positive steps take...

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Save the Children charity workers detained at Mitiga
Aug 23 Nigel Ash

Save the Children charity workers detained at Mitiga

By Libya Herald reporters.Tunis, 23 August 2017:Three people working for Save the Children were detained yesterday at Tripoli’s Mitiga airport.The UK...

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Jun 13 Michel Cousins

Arrested Dutch activist Snitjer released

By Libya Herald reporter. Dutch citizen Yvonne Snitjer arrested by "the authorities" in Tripoli last month (Photo: social media)Tunis, 13 June 2017:Du...

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Yvonne Snitjer arrested for recording fighting says Dutch government
Jun 1 Nigel Ash

Yvonne Snitjer arrested for recording fighting says Dutch government

By Jamie Prentis. Dutch citizen Yvonne Snitjer arrested by "the authorities" in Tripoli (Photo: social media)Tunis, 1 June 2017:The Dutch foreign mini...

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Leading Benghazi volleyball supporter freed in Tripoli: report
Apr 23 Michel Cousins

Leading Benghazi volleyball supporter freed in Tripoli: report

By Saber Ayyub.Tripoli, 23 April 2016:Prominent Ahly Benghazi volleyball supporter Ahmed Karghali, who was seized in Tripoli last week along with a nu...

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Sep 4 Michel Cousins

Maltese captain freed

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 4 September 2015:Retired Maltese fisherman Carmelo Grech, arrested last month at Labraq airport after allegedly being f...

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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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Jul 15 thomwestcott

Captured Libyan border guards released by Algeria

By Reem Tombokti.Tripoli, 15 July 2013:The Algerian authorities have released two Libyan border guards, apprehended after straying across the border.T...

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Apr 12 thomwestcott

Another Christian released

Tripoli, 12 April 2013:A South Korean Christian imprisoned for two months on suspicion of proselytising in Benghazi has been released.An official from...

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Mar 27 thomwestcott

No imminent plans to release imprisoned Christians

Tripoli, 27 March 2013:Media reports that four foreign Christians held in prison in Benghazi for proselytising are to be released are not true, the Li...

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