Aug 22 Sami Zaptia

Decision to stop paying brigades must be made jointly - Zeidan

By Sami ZaptiaTripoli, 22 August 2013:Speaking before the GNC on Tuesday, Prime Minister Ali Zeidan defended his decision earlier in the year to conti...

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Jun 14 Nigel Ash

Benghazi slaughter: HRW condemns official inaction

By Hadi Fornaji.Tripoli, 14 June 2013:It should not have taken the deaths of 32 people in Benghazi  for the government and the General National Congre...

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Attempt to kidnap head of discrimination NGO thwarted by militia
May 4 Michel Cousins

Attempt to kidnap head of discrimination NGO thwarted by militia

Tebu activist Khaled WahliTripoli, 4 May 2013:An attempt in Tripoli to kidnap a Tebu political activist in Murzuq failed thanks to the intervention of...

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May 3 Michel Cousins

Benghazi protest broken up

By Maha Ellawati.Benghazi, 3 May 2013:A demonstration today in Benghazi in support of the government and against militias was attacked and broken up b...

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Blockades polarizing Libya; militiamen now hit Electricity Ministry
May 2 Michel Cousins

Blockades polarizing Libya; militiamen now hit Electricity Ministry

By Hadi Fornaji.The blockade outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been extended, shutting off several roads and causing severe traffic congesti...

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Backlash begins against militiamen in Tripoli
Apr 30 Michel Cousins

Backlash begins against militiamen in Tripoli

By Tom Westcott and Siraj Essul.Tripoli, 30 April 2013:In a move against the actions of militiamen who have blockaded and attacked four government min...

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We will not be intimidated by militias: Zeidan
Apr 29 thomwestcott

We will not be intimidated by militias: Zeidan

By Seraj Essul and Reem Tombokti.Tripoli, 29 April 2013:A defiant Prime Minister, Ali Zeidan, today said that the government would not listen to opini...

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Apr 29 Sami Zaptia

GNC lays blame for delay in implementing Political Isolation law on political groups

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 29 April 2013:Speaking at yesterday’s press conference at the Prime Minister’s office, Deputy Head of the GNC Salah Makhzoum c...

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Plight of foreigners in Libya "worse than under Qaddafi" claims Amnesty International
Nov 13 George Grant

Plight of foreigners in Libya "worse than under Qaddafi" claims Amnesty International

By Hadi Fornaji.Tripoli, 13 November:Undocumented foreign nationals in Libya are at risk of exploitation, arbitrary and indefinite detention, as well...

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Bani Walid: complacency from the authorities, resignation from the population
Nov 7 Nigel Ash

Bani Walid: complacency from the authorities, resignation from the population

By Mathieu Galtier.A resident stands in the ruins of his Bani Walid home. (Photo: Mathieu Galtier)Bani Walid, 7 November:The government says that Bani...

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