Apr 17 Michel Cousins

New anti-abduction law an “important step” to building a just Libya: Marghani

By Farah Waleed:Tripoli, 17  April 2013:The new law criminalizing torture, abduction and arbitrary arrests passed by the General National Congress las...

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Apr 9 Nigel Ash

GNC agrees uncompromising law on torture, kidnapping and discrimination

Tripoli, 9 April 2013:The GNC today passed tough legislation against torture, kidnapping and discrimination, with a final article mentioning specifica...

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Dec 7 Michel Cousins

Congressional committees meet

Tripoli, 7 December:Three Congressional committees met on Wednesday. The Energy Committee discussed a proposal to halt the activities of all committee...

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Sep 27 Michel Cousins

Congress draft State of Emergency law published

Tripoli, 27 September: The National Congress has published a draft State of Emergency law which would give the authorities tough, wide-ranging powe...

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May 26 Sami Zaptia

NTC issues laws organising media sector

By Sami ZaptiaTripoli, 26 May:Last week, Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) issued a series of laws organising Libya’s media sector, includin...

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May 7 Nigel Ash

Lawyers damn "glorification" and amnesty laws

Tripoli, 8 May:An influential group of Libyan lawyers has condemned two new laws, criminalising glorification of Qaddafi’s regime and pardoning crimes...

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