Jul 20 thomwestcott

Request to suspend Saif handover rejected by ICC

Tripoli, 20 July 2013:The International Criminal Court (ICC) has rejected Libya’s request to suspend its demands to hand over Saif Al-Islam Qaddafi.“T...

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Jun 22 Sami Zaptia

RWB urges Libyan court to dismiss charges against ailing newspaper editor

Tripoli, 22 June 2013:Reporters Without Borders (RWB) is urging a Tripoli court to dismiss the charges against Amara Al-Khatabi, editor of the Al-Umma...

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Jun 17 Michel Cousins

Court finds Obeidi and Zway not guilty; Attorney General to appeal

By Ashraf Abdul-Wahab and Michel Cousins.Abdulati Al-Obaidi (right) and Mohamed Al-Zway seen at the beginning of their trialTripoli, 17 June 2013:Qadd...

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Jun 17 Michel Cousins

Cartoon case adjourned

By Hadi Fornaji.Tripoli, 17 June, 2013:The trial of Libyan National Party policy manager Ali Tekbali and its General-Secretary Fathi Sager, who have b...

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Jun 12 Michel Cousins

Supreme Judicial Council get new president

By Nihal Zaroug.Tripoli, 12 June 2013:The Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) elected a new president and a deputy this morning at its Zawiat Al-Dahmani he...

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Jun 6 Michel Cousins

Misrata court hands out death sentences

By Taher Zaroog. Misrata, 6 June 2013:A court in Misrata has sentenced in absentia three men to death for the killing in 2011 of two others in a brawl...

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Still no access to lawyer for Senussi
Apr 20 thomwestcott

Still no access to lawyer for Senussi

By Tom Westcott.Tripoli, 20 April 2013:Abdullah Al-Senussi, Qaddafi’s cousin and former spy-chief, has still not seen a lawyer despite having spent ne...

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Pressure increases for release of ailing editor
Apr 14 Nigel Ash

Pressure increases for release of ailing editor

Tripoli, 14 April 2013:The Libyan authorities must free Amara Hassan Al-Khatabi, editor of Al-Ummah daily and drop charges against him, says Human Rig...

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Apr 6 Michel Cousins

Ailing Al-Khatabi taken from jail to hospital

Tripoli, 6 April 2013:Amara Hassan Al-Khatabi, the editor of the Ummah newspaper, has been taken from prison to hospital because of his deteriorating...

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Mar 20 Michel Cousins

Libyan human rights group calls for Khatabi to be released

Tripoli, 20 March 2013:The Libyan Human Rights Observatory had called on the judicial authorities on Monday to release Amara Hassan Al-Khatabi, the ed...

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