Oct 7 Nigel Ash

Reporting the facts in an hostile environment

Libya Herald reporters.Tunis, 7 October 2014:Reporting the news in Libya has become a difficult and dangerous job, as political polarisation and intol...

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Aug 11 Newsdesk2

Reporters Without Borders calls for government to protect journalists

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 11 August 2014:Reporters Without Borders (RWB) released another report this week detailing a series of attacks on journ...

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Jun 23 thomwestcott

Head of Al-Wataniya channel released after “arrest” and interrogation

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 23 June 2014:The head of state television channel Al-Wataniya was interrogated for several hours this afternoon after b...

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Benghazi photographer targeted in assassination bid
May 16 Michel Cousins

Benghazi photographer targeted in assassination bid

By Moutaz Ahmed.Photo today by Abdulla Doma of Hafter forces in BenghaziBenghazi, 16 May 2104:A gunman tried to murder prominent Benghazi photographer...

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May 7 Sami Zaptia

Freedom of information under constant attack in Libya - RWB

Tripoli, 7 May 2014:Reporters Without Borders says that it "is dismayed and alarmed by the constant threats to journalists in Libya, who have to work...

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May 5 michele vick

Launch of press freedom organisation on World Press Freedom Day

By Farah Waleed and Houda Mzioudet.Tripoli, 7 May 2014:World Press Freedom Day was commemorated in Tripoli on Saturday with the launch of a new civil...

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Benghazi TV reporter shot at
May 5 Michel Cousins

Benghazi TV reporter shot at

By Libya Herald staff.Benghazi, 5 May 2014:A Benghazi reporter with Libya Ahrar TV, Hassan Bakoush, survived what appears to be a murder attempt this...

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Libya's international allies hold roundtable in support of free media
Feb 17 Sami Zaptia

Libya's international allies hold roundtable in support of free media

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 17 February 2014:Diplomatic representatives of countries of the European Union, the US, the European Union Delegation to Libya...

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Jan 25 thomwestcott

Radio presenter survives assassination attempt

By Noora Ibrahim.Tripoli, 25 January 2014:A popular radio broadcaster, and former spokesman for the Benghazi Joint Security Room, survived an assassin...

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TV cameraman killed at Gharghour
Nov 15 Nigel Ash

TV cameraman killed at Gharghour

By Ahmed Elumami.  Slain cameraman Saleh Ayad Hafyana (Photo:Jadu Free Channel TV)Tripoli, 15 November 2013:A film cameraman from Jadu was among those...

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