May 26 Sami Zaptia

Swiss company Kolmar taken to court for possible war crime of pillage through buying smuggled Libyan oil

By Sami Zaptia.After the publication of the report in March by Public Eye and TRIAL showing that Swiss company Kolmar was involved in the smuggling of...

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HSC expresses grave concern over British attempt to use Libyan frozen assets for IRA victim compensation
Jun 14 Sami Zaptia

HSC expresses grave concern over British attempt to use Libyan frozen assets for IRA victim compensation

By Sami Zaptia.London, 14 June 2018:Libya’s High State Council (HSC) expressed its ‘‘grave concern’’ over Britain’s plan to use frozen Libyan assets i...

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Dec 7 Michel Cousins

State Council calls on Libyans to protest US embassy move to Jerusalem

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 7 December 2017:The State Council has condemned what it calls a “clear bias” shown by United States in moving its emba...

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UN Security Council condemns reported slave trading in Libya as ICC says it may investigate allegations
Nov 28 Michel Cousins

UN Security Council condemns reported slave trading in Libya as ICC says it may investigate allegations

By Zeinab Mohammed Salih.New York, 28 November 2017:In a special session called by France to discus reported auctions of West Africans as slaves in Li...

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Nov 13 Nigel Ash

Civil rights lawyers to press ICC to probe Khalifa Hafter over war crimes

By Libya Herald reporters. The Internationai Criminal Court in the Hague (File photo)Tunis, 13 November 2017:European civil rights lawyers acting on b...

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Nov 11 Nigel Ash

Libyan lawyers welcome ICC prosecutor Bensouda's promise to finally focus on Libya

By Libya Herald reporters. ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda (File photo)Tunis, 11 November 2017:The commitment International Criminal Court (ICC) chief p...

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Jun 14 Michel Cousins

ICC chief prosecutor demands handover of Saif Al-Islam

By Jamie Prentis.Saif Al-Islam (file photo)Tunis, 14 June 2017:Following the reported release of Saif Al-Islam Qaddafi earlier this week, the chief pr...

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Feb 1 Nigel Ash

Migrants must not be sent back to Libya, HRW warns EU leaders

By Jamie Prentis. Migrants who make it to Europe from Libya should not be sent back says HRW (Photo: EPA)Tunis, 2 February 2017:The EU must put the sa...

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Jan 31 Michel Cousins

Siala attacks US ban on Libyans; calls it illegal

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 31 January 2017:In the first official Libya response to the Trump administration’s decision to ban Libyan and a number...

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Top international lawyers quietly close Tripoli office
Oct 25 Nigel Ash

Top international lawyers quietly close Tripoli office

By Libya Herald reporters.Tripoli, 25 October 2016:The first international law firm to open an office in Tripoli after the Revolution has quit the cou...

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