Jun 17 Michel Cousins

Cartoon case adjourned

By Hadi Fornaji.Tripoli, 17 June, 2013:The trial of Libyan National Party policy manager Ali Tekbali and its General-Secretary Fathi Sager, who have b...

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Jun 15 Michel Cousins

Cartoon trial resumes Sunday: Amnesty International calls for it to be dropped

By Imad Cheklif.Tripoli, 15 June 2013:Two members of Libyan National Party (LNP) could face the death penalty tomorrow because of a controversial cart...

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Apr 22 Nigel Ash

Jailed editor freed on bail

By Nigel AshTripoli, 22 April 2013The jailed editor of the newspaper Ummah, Amara Hassan Al-Khatabi, has been released on bail.According to an AFP rep...

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Apr 8 Nihal Zaroug

Religious Affairs Committee angered by website article, demands apology

By: Nihal Zaroug Tripoli, 8 April 2013: The General National Congress' Committee for Endowments and Religious Affairs has condemned an article purpo...

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Alassema chairman and former manager freed, visited by PM
Mar 8 Michel Cousins

Alassema chairman and former manager freed, visited by PM

Tripoli, 8 March 2013:The chairman of Alassema TV station, Juma Osta, and its former manager, Nabil Shebani, who were kidnapped yesterday, Thursday, w...

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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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Nov 26 George Grant

Libyan media to be regulated by new Ministry of Information

By George Grant.Congress voted to create the Ministry of Interior to regulate the Libyan media. (Photo: George Grant)Tripoli, 26 November:The National...

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Sep 20 George Grant

Two wrongs don't make a right

Sir,As an American, I am deeply frustrated, hurt and embarrased  by the insults and disrespect that a fellow countryman and apparent immigrant hurled...

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Sep 15 Michel Cousins

Killing of Ambassador Stevens

Dear Editor,While I can see that the film that is derogatory to the Prophet Muhammad would be offensive and hurtful, the anti-American violence is sim...

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Former justice minister roasts "glorification" and amnesty laws
May 14 Nigel Ash

Former justice minister roasts "glorification" and amnesty laws

Tripoli, 14 MayDescribing it is a “shameful duplication of the past”, a former revolutionary minister of justice has joined the chorus of protest agai...

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