Assault on female blogger and activist Maryam Tayeb in Tripoli
Jan 13 Sami Zaptia

Assault on female blogger and activist Maryam Tayeb in Tripoli

By Libya Herald reporters,Tunis, 13 January 2018: Gunmen attacked and briefly abducted social media blogger and activist Maryam Al-Tayeb, known as Dus...

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Tripoli cultural centre closed in book row
Sep 5 Michel Cousins

Tripoli cultural centre closed in book row

By Libya Herald reporters.Tunis, 5 September 2017:An armed group, believed to be members Tripoli’s Rada (“Deterrence”) force, has forcibly ejected sta...

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Intimidation by militias creates censorship in western Libya says rights group
Jul 27 Michel Cousins

Intimidation by militias creates censorship in western Libya says rights group

By Gabriel Harrison. Tunis, 27 July 2017:Human Rights Watch (HRW) says that human rights activists in Libya continue to be targeted and prevented from...

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Row over books seized in Marj
Jan 22 Michel Cousins

Row over books seized in Marj

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 22 January 2017:A bitter row has broken out in eastern Libya over the decision by the military authorities in Marj, he...

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Daesh murder Facebook moderator for a post
Jul 18 Nigel Ash

Daesh murder Facebook moderator for a post

By Libya Adam Ali.Benghazi,  18 July 2015:Daesh gunmen this morning seized a Sirte social media activist and executed him in public, leaving his body...

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Writer and political activist abducted in Tripoli
Sep 25 Callum Paton

Writer and political activist abducted in Tripoli

By Ajnadin Mustafa: Tripoli, 25 September 2014: Writer, media personality and activist Faraj Abualeshah was kidnapped yesterday from his central Tri...

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Feb 11 Michel Cousins

Opposition mounts after Congress makes insulting it a crime

By Ahmed Elumami and Taziz Hasairi.Tripoli, 11 January 2014:Anger is rising on social media sites and among political activists at the amendment to th...

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Kufra Congressman voted out of GNC
Oct 7 thomwestcott

Kufra Congressman voted out of GNC

Tripoli, 7 October 2013:The General National Congress (GNC) has withdrawn membership from a member of Congress who is being investigated for allegatio...

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Sep 26 thomwestcott

GNC members at risk after immunity lifted says Human Rights Watch

Tripoli, 26 September 2013:The international NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the Libyan authorities not to act on a criminal defamation com...

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Sep 10 Michel Cousins

Protest charges against pro-Qaddafi student “violation of human rights” says Amnesty International

Tuesday, 10 September 2013:Amnesty International has demanded the Libyan authorities drop charges immediately against a man for having participated  i...

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