Following authentication of torture videos, UNSMIL reiterates importance of expediting investigation by Libyan Attorney-General into Derisi's disappearance and torture
May 17 Sami Zaptia

Following authentication of torture videos, UNSMIL reiterates importance of expediting investigation by Libyan Attorney-General into Derisi's disappearance and torture

‎Acknowledging the briefing of the International Criminal Court to the Security Council Thursday on the authenticity of a video depicting member of th...

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Lack of accountability and impunity for Tarhuna human rights violations risk fuelling more instability and further division in Libya
Aug 31 Sami Zaptia

Lack of accountability and impunity for Tarhuna human rights violations risk fuelling more instability and further division in Libya

A UN report published yesterday warned that the continued lack of accountability and years of impunity enjoyed by those behind the human rights violat...

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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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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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Jan 19 Sami Zaptia

Impunity drives militia Libya violence: HRW 2018 Libya report

By Sami Zaptia.London, 19 January 2018:Human Rights watch says that impunity dives Libyan militias’s violence in the country. The conclusion came in t...

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Oct 31 Nigel Ash

Libya incapable of investigating its war criminals say leading lawyers

By Libya Herald reporters.Tunis, 31 October 2017:Libyan leading civil and human rights lawyers have concluded that Libya cannot pursue its own war cri...

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Sep 28 Michel Cousins

Kobler and UN Human Rights head call for human rights investigator for Libya

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 28 September 2016:Both UN Special Envoy Martin Kobler and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein...

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Government of National Accord must protect journalists says RSF
Jul 2 Michel Cousins

Government of National Accord must protect journalists says RSF

By Libya Herald staff.Tunis, 2 July, 2016:Condemning continued violence against journalists in Libya, the international organisation Reporters Without...

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Dangers for Libyan journalists highlighted at UNESCO workshop in Tunis
Nov 17 Michel Cousins

Dangers for Libyan journalists highlighted at UNESCO workshop in Tunis

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 17 November 2015:Journalists and human rights activists from Libya attending a UNESCO workshop in Tunis organised to m...

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Mar 25 Newsdesk1

13 Human rights groups say UNHRC not getting job done; call for “independent mechanism of inquiry”

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 25 March 2015:In a joint call for action, 13 national, regional and international human rights organisations including...

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