UN concerned by deepening crackdown on civil society in Libya through arbitrary arrests and campaign of social media vilification
Mar 25 Sami Zaptia

UN concerned by deepening crackdown on civil society in Libya through arbitrary arrests and campaign of social media vilification

The UN High Commission for Human Rights said today through its Official Spokesperson that it was ‘‘concerned by the deepening crackdown on civil socie...

Read Article
NCPLHR denounces HoR law on cybercrime for violating basic freedoms
Nov 1 Sami Zaptia

NCPLHR denounces HoR law on cybercrime for violating basic freedoms

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 1 November 2021:Libyan NGO, the National Council for Public Liberties and Human Rights (NCPLHR) yesterday denounced the House...

Read Article
On Libyan Revolution’s 10th anniversary, authorities urged to guarantee press freedom
Feb 24 Sami Zaptia

On Libyan Revolution’s 10th anniversary, authorities urged to guarantee press freedom

By Sami Zaptia.(Photo: Notacrime.me/iran).London, 24 February 2021: On the 10th anniversary of Libya’s February 2011 revolution, the Libyan Organizati...

Read Article
Libya's 2011 17 February Revolution graffiti and murals captured the mood at the time 3/3
Feb 17 Sami Zaptia

Libya's 2011 17 February Revolution graffiti and murals captured the mood at the time 3/3

By Sami Zaptia.The 17 February 2011 Revolution graffiti and murals used unifying themes such as this famous quote attributed to anti colonial fighter...

Read Article
Nov 17 Sami Zaptia

Media and CSO activists call for civil democratic state from LPDF

By Sami Zaptia.London, 17 November 2020: Several media organizations, journalists and human rights activists called on participants of the Libyan Poli...

Read Article
Oct 26 Sami Zaptia

Libyan anti French sentiment grows because of perceived insult to Islam and prophet Mohamed

By Sami Zaptia.London, 26 October 2020: Anti-French sentiment is growing in Libya, in line with a worldwide trend in other Islamic states, because of...

Read Article
RSF and Libyan Centre for Freedom of Press sign cooperation agreement
Aug 1 Sami Zaptia

RSF and Libyan Centre for Freedom of Press sign cooperation agreement

By Sami Zaptia.London, 1 August 2018:Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Libyan Centre for Freedom of Press (LCFP) announced yesterday that they h...

Read Article
Anger grows over Benghazi entertainer arrest by Salafists
Dec 23 Michel Cousins

Anger grows over Benghazi entertainer arrest by Salafists

By Libya Herald reporters.Benghazi/Tunis, 23 December 2017:Public anger has been growing over the arrest of a Benghazi entertainer who was asked to pe...

Read Article
Dec 10 Michel Cousins

Western ambassadors “alarmed at continued human rights abuses in Libya as Salamé paints dire picture of situation

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 10 December 2017:Ambassadors from 12 European states and the USA together the EU representative to Libya say they are...

Read Article
Comic Con organizers: Two out of five detained by RADA released
Nov 20 Sami Zaptia

Comic Con organizers: Two out of five detained by RADA released

By Sami Zaptia.two of the five detainees have been released by RADA. RADA had raided and detained over 20 people from the Comic Con event in Tripoli t...

Read Article