UNSMIL deeply concerned by arbitrary arrest and detention of journalist Ahmed Senussi - local and international condemnation also call for his release
Jul 13 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL deeply concerned by arbitrary arrest and detention of journalist Ahmed Senussi - local and international condemnation also call for his release

UNSMIL said today that it is ‘‘deeply concerned by the arbitrary arrest and detention of popular journalist and regular government critic Ahmed Senuss...

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77 wanted for murder within Tripoli between 2011 and 2024 arrested
May 17 Sami Zaptia

77 wanted for murder within Tripoli between 2011 and 2024 arrested

The Attorney General’s Office reported last Wednesday (15 May) that Judicial officers, within the jurisdiction of the Tripoli Security Directorate, we...

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UNSMIL condemns unexplained murder of 10 militiamen in Tripoli
Feb 19 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL condemns unexplained murder of 10 militiamen in Tripoli

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) condemned yesterday what it referred to as ‘‘the violent killing that occurred in the Abu Salim a...

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UNSMIL concerned by weekend Benghazi armed clashes and communications blackout
Oct 9 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL concerned by weekend Benghazi armed clashes and communications blackout

The United Nations Support Mission (UNSMIL) in Libya expressed its concern in a statement today about the armed clashes in Benghazi over the last few...

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Libya’s continued political and institutional division, and absence of accountability for national resources cannot continue: UN Working Group
Oct 2 Sami Zaptia

Libya’s continued political and institutional division, and absence of accountability for national resources cannot continue: UN Working Group

The current situation in Libya, represented in the continued political and institutional division, and the absence of accountability for national reso...

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Eastern Libya authorities must lift restrictions on journalists: Amnesty International
Sep 22 Sami Zaptia

Eastern Libya authorities must lift restrictions on journalists: Amnesty International

Khalifa Hafter’s Libyan Arab Armed Forces (formerly called the Libyan National Army - LNA), an armed group in control of eastern Libya, must immediate...

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17th of July - daunting attack on Libyan women politicians: Dark mark in the history of women’s political participation
Jul 19 Sami Zaptia

17th of July - daunting attack on Libyan women politicians: Dark mark in the history of women’s political participation

Monday marked four years since the forcible disappearance of Siham Sergewa, a member of Libya's House of Representatives, in Benghazi on July 17th, 20...

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Libyan women's NGO condemns violations of human rights, calls for transparency in reconstruction efforts
Apr 19 Sami Zaptia

Libyan women's NGO condemns violations of human rights, calls for transparency in reconstruction efforts

Leading Libyan NGO, the Libyan Women's Platform for Peace (LWPP) strongly condemns the escalating violations of human rights in Libya, the ongoing cra...

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Libyan organizations call on authorities to stop draconian laws and civil society crackdown
Apr 6 Sami Zaptia

Libyan organizations call on authorities to stop draconian laws and civil society crackdown

Twenty-two civil society organisations issued a joint statement yesterday calling on Libyan authorities to stop draconian laws and the civil society c...

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In the year that Libya hopes to hold elections, decision declaring all previously registered NGOs void is now deemed binding
Mar 20 Sami Zaptia

In the year that Libya hopes to hold elections, decision declaring all previously registered NGOs void is now deemed binding

The Head of the Law Department of the Supreme Council of Law issued a legal opinion on 8 March declaring all NGOs and civil society organizations that...

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