UNSMIL strongly condemns heinous killing of 15 migrants in Sabratha
Oct 9 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL strongly condemns heinous killing of 15 migrants in Sabratha

UNSMIL strongly condemned today the heinous killing on Friday morning of at least 15 migrants and asylum-seekers in Sabratha.It reported that 11 charr...

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U.S. court rules against Hafter in war crimes case – Hafter liable to pay monetary compensation
Aug 1 Sami Zaptia

U.S. court rules against Hafter in war crimes case – Hafter liable to pay monetary compensation

A Federal U.S court has ruled against eastern Libya military commander Khalifa Hafter on Friday in a multiple war crimes case brought against him by s...

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Tripoli Bar Association end three-day strike after Deterrence Force assault on lawyer
Jul 27 Sami Zaptia

Tripoli Bar Association end three-day strike after Deterrence Force assault on lawyer

The Tripoli Bar Association announced yesterday that it will end its strike as of today.It will be recalled that the Bar Association had announced on...

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Gnewa Kikli’s Stabilization Support Agency accuses Amnesty International of defamation
May 6 Sami Zaptia

Gnewa Kikli’s Stabilization Support Agency accuses Amnesty International of defamation

The Stabilization Support Agency, one of Tripoli's most powerful state-recognized militias, headed by Abdul Ghani Al Kikli commonly refered to as ''Gn...

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Hafter’s army is ‘brutally crushing’ freedom of expression and peaceful assembly in Libyan territories under its control: Amnesty
Apr 19 Sami Zaptia

Hafter’s army is ‘brutally crushing’ freedom of expression and peaceful assembly in Libyan territories under its control: Amnesty

The eastern Libya-based Internal Security Agency (ISA), a collection of powerful armed groups operating in areas under the control of Hafter’s Libyan...

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UNSMIL welcomes release of illegally held trio including former LPTIC head Gergab
Apr 15 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL welcomes release of illegally held trio including former LPTIC head Gergab

UNSMIL welcomed yesterday the recent release of Faisel Gergab, the former head of the state telecoms holding company, the Libyan Post, Telecommunicati...

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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...

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Dec 14 Sami Zaptia

EU imposes restrictive measures against Wagner Group

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 14 December 2021: The EU adopted what it called ‘‘a set of restrictive measures’’ yesterday against the Wagner Group, which it...

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UNFPA’s “Psychosocial Support Hotline 1417” offers psychosocial support to gender-based violence survivors
Dec 3 Sami Zaptia

UNFPA’s “Psychosocial Support Hotline 1417” offers psychosocial support to gender-based violence survivors

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 3 December 2021:The United Nations Population Fund Libya office’s (UNFPA) “Psychosocial Support Hotline 1417” has been launche...

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Op-Ed: An effective democratic transition cannot be implemented in Libya until the basic security and human rights of its people are guaranteed
Nov 13 Sami Zaptia

Op-Ed: An effective democratic transition cannot be implemented in Libya until the basic security and human rights of its people are guaranteed

By: Shuohoud Dajani13 November 2021: Wednesday 10 November marked the first anniversary of the assassination of female Libyan lawyer and political act...

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