Salame pushes for change in Tripoli militia-dominated security status quo
Sep 28 Sami Zaptia

Salame pushes for change in Tripoli militia-dominated security status quo

By Sami Zaptia. London, 28 September 2018:In his recent address to the 39th session of the Human Rights Council, SRSG and UNSMIL head Ghassan Salame,...

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Jun 4 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL documents 101 civilian casualties in Libya during May

By Sami Zaptia.London, 4 June 2018:The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) documented 101 civilian casualties –47 deaths and 54 injuries...

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Mar 9 Sami Zaptia

Situation of human rights in Libya continues to deteriorate: UN Libya Experts Panel report

By Sami Zaptia:The UN Libya Experts Panel report.London, 9 March 2018: In the section on violations of human rights and international humanitarian law...

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Warfali alleged revenge executions alarm UN Secretary General
Jan 25 Sami Zaptia

Warfali alleged revenge executions alarm UN Secretary General

By Sami Zaptia.London, 25 January 2018:UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has expressed his alarm over reports of the alleged revenge summary execu...

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Video footage emerges of migrant torture
Jan 23 Sami Zaptia

Video footage emerges of migrant torture

By Libya Herald reporters.Tunis, 22 January 2018:Videos showing the torture of migrant’s apparently in Libya have gone viral, drawing widespread conde...

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Nov 1 Nigel Ash

Nine dead children in UNSMIL's October civilian body count

By Libya Herald reporters. A grieving woman in a Tripoli cemetery (Photo: Benjamin Lowy)Tunis, 1 November 2017:Nine dead children were among the 23 ci...

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Accusations over Derna bombing continue as condemnation grows
Nov 1 Michel Cousins

Accusations over Derna bombing continue as condemnation grows

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 1 November 2017:Accusations of responsibility for Monday evening’s bombing raid on Derna in which at least 15 civilian...

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Aug 17 Michel Cousins

Ceasefire ends bloodshed in Ajilat

By Gabriel Harrison.Tunis, 17 August 2017:After four days of heavy fighting in Ajilat, some 80 kilometres west of Tripoli, a ceasefire has been mediat...

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Jul 31 Michel Cousins

OpEd: And exactly how safe is Tripoli?

By Farida Waleed.Tripoli, 31 July 2017:“Tripoli is safe,,, and you can visit it. I invite you to evaluate it by yourself.”This is what Faiez Serraj, t...

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Another execution video seems to show the murder of 20 bound captives by an LNA unit
Jul 24 Nigel Ash

Another execution video seems to show the murder of 20 bound captives by an LNA unit

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli and Tunis, 24 July 2017:A new execution video has emerged in which 20 captives in Guantanamo-style orange jump suits...

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