Indiscriminate shelling, civilian casualties, attacks on ambulances, electricity cuts and stranded civilians as a result of Tripoli fighting
Apr 12 Sami Zaptia

Indiscriminate shelling, civilian casualties, attacks on ambulances, electricity cuts and stranded civilians as a result of Tripoli fighting

By Sami Zaptia. London, 12 April 2019: Protection concerns for civilians remain paramount with reports of indiscriminate shelling on densely popu...

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Apr 8 Sami Zaptia

UN warns on protection of civilians during Libya fighting

By Sami Zaptia. London, 8 April 2019: The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Libya, Maria Ribeiro, has warned Libya’s waring sides of the need for the...

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Feb 22 Sami Zaptia

Civilians caught in tightening Derna siege: HRW

By Sami Zaptia.London, 22 February 2019:Civilians in Libya's eastern city of Derna are caught in a tightening siege by the Khalifa Hafter-led Libyan N...

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UN expresses concern on humanitarian situation in Derna and south
Feb 11 Sami Zaptia

UN expresses concern on humanitarian situation in Derna and south

By Sami Zaptia.London, 11 February 2019:The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has expressed its concern about civilians in...

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Feb 10 Sami Zaptia

PC condemns LNA "terror" attack on civilian plane

By Sami Zaptia.(Logo: PC/GNA).London, 10 February 2019:The Faiez Serraj-led Presidency Council and Government of National Accord (PC/GNA) has condemne...

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Nov 6 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL condemns attacks on medical facilities, banks and Sabratha

By Sami Zaptia.London, 6 November 2018:The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has condemned the attacks on Libya's medical facilities, b...

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UN concerned by increasing humanitarian crisis in Derna and calls on all parties to respect human rights and conventions
May 31 Sami Zaptia

UN concerned by increasing humanitarian crisis in Derna and calls on all parties to respect human rights and conventions

By Sami Zaptia.London, 31 May 2018:In its latest report released yesterday on the LNA-sieged city of Derna, the UN says that the tightened encirclemen...

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Feb 2 Sami Zaptia

Sharp rise in civilian casualties across Libya in January: UNSMIL report

By Libya Herald staff.Tunis, 2 February, 2018:The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said from 1 January to 31 January 2018, it had docu...

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Dec 10 Michel Cousins

Western ambassadors “alarmed at continued human rights abuses in Libya as Salamé paints dire picture of situation

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 10 December 2017:Ambassadors from 12 European states and the USA together the EU representative to Libya say they are...

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Nov 4 Nigel Ash

Lawyers call for independent investigators for Libyan war crimes

By Libya Herald reporters. A man resembling Mahmoud Warfali just before he murdered three men this March (Screen grab)Tunis, 4 November 2017:War crime...

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