UNSMIL welcomes release of illegally held trio including former LPTIC head Gergab
Apr 15 Sami Zaptia

UNSMIL welcomes release of illegally held trio including former LPTIC head Gergab

UNSMIL welcomed yesterday the recent release of Faisel Gergab, the former head of the state telecoms holding company, the Libyan Post, Telecommunicati...

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Op-Ed: An effective democratic transition cannot be implemented in Libya until the basic security and human rights of its people are guaranteed
Nov 13 Sami Zaptia

Op-Ed: An effective democratic transition cannot be implemented in Libya until the basic security and human rights of its people are guaranteed

By: Shuohoud Dajani13 November 2021: Wednesday 10 November marked the first anniversary of the assassination of female Libyan lawyer and political act...

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Culture authority staff protest at interference by other bodies
Sep 12 Nigel Ash

Culture authority staff protest at interference by other bodies

By Ajnadin Mustafa.Employees protest outside the Cuture Authority offices in Tripoli today (Photo: Social media)Cairo, 12 September 2017:Departmental...

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Mar 8 Nigel Ash

Martin Kobler stands by Libyan women's fight for rights

By Alessandra Bocchi. UNSMIL's Martin Kobler has spoken up for women's rights (File photo) Tunis, 8 March 2017:The United Nations stands by Libyan wom...

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Libyan journalists agree importance of investigative journalism in the country
Nov 2 Michel Cousins

Libyan journalists agree importance of investigative journalism in the country

By Moutaz Ali.Tripoli, 2 November 2o16:The need for investigative journalism in Libya, particularly in regard to exposing corruption, was endorsed at...

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Writer Khalil Al-Hassi threatens to sue Beida imam reported to have called him a “Shia infidel”
Oct 29 Michel Cousins

Writer Khalil Al-Hassi threatens to sue Beida imam reported to have called him a “Shia infidel”

By Moutaz Ali.Tripoli, 29 October 2016:Libyan writer and musician Khalil Al-Hassi is threatening t0 sue an imam in Beida, Mohamed Al-Drisy, over alleg...

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Italian seminar spotlights Libyan crisis and women's peace building
Apr 19 Sami Zaptia

Italian seminar spotlights Libyan crisis and women's peace building

By Sami Zaptia.Libyan women NGO activists at the Minerva conference in Sicily, Italy (Photo: Minerva).London, 19 April 2016:A delegation of Libyan wom...

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Volunteers fix Ghat school because no one else will
Jan 29 Nigel Ash

Volunteers fix Ghat school because no one else will

By Mustafa Khalifa. Ghat, 29 January 2016:Young people in Ghat have been doing up a primary school where many had once been pupils and which for years...

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Dec 14 Newsdesk2

Exiled journalists formed press freedom group

By Ajnadin Mustafa.Tripoli, 14 December 2014:Libyan journalists who have fled to Tunisia have set up a group to highlight violations against both them...

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Oct 29 Michel Cousins

Opinion: Libyan youth are stronger than death

By Marouane Bakkit.Tripoli.Three weeks ago, we sadly received the news about the death of our colleagues Tawfiq Ben Saud (18 years of age) and Sami El...

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