Court of Appeal rules: NOC Chairman Bengdara holds UAE nationality, must give up position and all his decisions are null and void
Dec 1 Sami Zaptia

Court of Appeal rules: NOC Chairman Bengdara holds UAE nationality, must give up position and all his decisions are null and void

Tripoli Court of Appeal ruled that Farhat Bengdara is not eligible to serve as NOC Chairman and that all decisions and actions taken by him during his...

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Recent legal opinion on foreign investment in Libya does not impose blanket ban in oil sector: Tumi Law Firm
Feb 2 Sami Zaptia

Recent legal opinion on foreign investment in Libya does not impose blanket ban in oil sector: Tumi Law Firm

On 23 January the Legal Department of Libya’s Ministry of Justice issued a legal opinion clarifying the scope of Law No. 9 of 2010 on the Promotion of...

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Oct 2 Michel Cousins

Benghazi lawyer freed after questioning in Tobruk

By Libya Herald reporter.Benghazi, 2 October 2017:Benghazi lawyer Osama Ben Fayed who was arrested on Saturday, when security forces reportedly storme...

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Dutch-Libyan report on resolving property disputes in post-Qaddafi Libya published
Sep 27 Sami Zaptia

Dutch-Libyan report on resolving property disputes in post-Qaddafi Libya published

By Sami Zaptia. (Photo: VVI) London, 27 September 2017: A joint Dutch-Libyan report on ''Resolving Real Property Disputes in Post-Qaddafi Libya, in...

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Feb 15 Michel Cousins

Appeals court tells CDA's Tarhouni to stand aside

By Libya Herald reporter. CDA chairman Ali Tarhouni (file photo)Tunis, 15 February 2016:The president of the Constitutional Drafting Assembly, Ali Tar...

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May 13 Newsdesk2

Human Rights Watch calls on House of Representatives to change counterterrorism law

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 13 May 2015:A counterterrorism law adopted by the House of Representatives (HoR) on 14 September 2014 “runs afoul of Li...

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Sep 14 Michel Cousins

Ghariani sacking “imminent”: HoR spokesman

By Libya Herald reporter, Sheikh Sadek Al-Ghariani supporting Libya Dawn in Tripoli on Friday (Photo: TV grab)Tobruk, 12 September 2014:The spokesman...

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Sep 26 thomwestcott

GNC members at risk after immunity lifted says Human Rights Watch

Tripoli, 26 September 2013:The international NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the Libyan authorities not to act on a criminal defamation com...

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Mar 31 Michel Cousins

Ban Libyan women from marrying foreigners: Grand Mufti

Tripoli, 31 March 2013:The Grand Mufti, Sheikh Sadeq Al-Ghariani, has called on the government to ban Libyan women from marrying foreigners.Ghariani s...

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Jan 23 Nigel Ash

Temporary reprieve for foreign majority owners of some Joint Ventures

Tripoli 23 January 2013:Foreign joint venture companies that were registered before Decree 207 of 2012, which compelled the reduction of their equity...

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