Libyan judicial system needs urgent reform: report
Apr 17 Michel Cousins

Libyan judicial system needs urgent reform: report

Tripoli, 17 April 2103:Unless Libya breaks the cycle of violence and urgently reforms its justice system, there is a real risk of an increase in assas...

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Apr 13 Nigel Ash

Ministry warns on detention

Tripoli, 13 April 2013:The Ministry of Interior has reminded police that prisoners may not be detained for more than 48 hours without permission from...

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Apr 3 Michel Cousins

Military Supreme Court appointments

Tripoli, 3 April 2103:The Ministry of Defence has re-formed the Supreme Military Court. In an announcement yesterday, Tuesday, it said that Colonel Is...

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Mar 19 Michel Cousins

Qaddafi militiamen released

Tripoli, 19 March 2013:Several civilian and military detainees accused of being members of Qaddafi brigades were released yesterday, Monday. They had...

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Feb 26 Nigel Ash

Ajdabiya lawyers demand improvements

Tripoli, 26 February 2013:Lawyers and judges in Ajdabiya  this morning staged a protest vigil. They were demanding that an appeal court be established...

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No progress with detention centres, says HRW
Feb 6 thomwestcott

No progress with detention centres, says HRW

Tripoli, 5 February 2013:Libya has made no progress with regard to detention centres in the last year, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW).“The gove...

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Jan 18 Michel Cousins

Congress' Justice Committee mulls new top law appointments

Tripoli, 18 January 2013:The Justice and Judicial Affairs Committee of the General National Congress met on Wednesday to discuss the appointment of a...

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Jan 4 Sami Zaptia

“No one is above the law in the new free Libya”, says justice minister

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 4 January:Justice Minister Salah Maraghni stressed that in the new Libya “no one is above the law ” at the government's end-of...

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Dec 26 tomlittle

GNC committee urges exclusion of former regime judges

Tripoli, 26 December:A committee at the General National Council (GNC) today recommended that members of the judiciary who worked in the Qaddafi-era "...

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Minister of Justice denies torture claim and promises investigation
Dec 22 tomlittle

Minister of Justice denies torture claim and promises investigation

By Maha Ellawati.  Justice Minister spoke at a press conference in Tripoli last night (Photo: George Grant)Benghazi, 22 December:The Minister of Justi...

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