Libya ranked 143 out of 180 in the RSF Freedom of Media Index for 2024
Feb 19 Sami Zaptia

Libya ranked 143 out of 180 in the RSF Freedom of Media Index for 2024

Libya is ranked 143 out of 180 in the RSF Freedom of Media Index for 2024. It is six places up from last year’s ranking of 149. Eritrea is ranked 180...

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Derna update: Locals angry, contradicting messages about journalists being ordered to leave Derna for ‘‘health reasons’’
Sep 19 Sami Zaptia

Derna update: Locals angry, contradicting messages about journalists being ordered to leave Derna for ‘‘health reasons’’

The most significant development in Derna yesterday was the gathering of locals at the Al-Sahaba mosque in the centre of the city to voice their anger...

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RSF calls for Eastern Libya media ban on 11 TV channels to be lifted
Jul 18 Sami Zaptia

RSF calls for Eastern Libya media ban on 11 TV channels to be lifted

By Sami Zaptia.London, 18 July 2019:International NGO, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), yesteday called on the Libyan Interim Government based in East...

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Jul 26 Michel Cousins

Tanasuh and Nabaa TV among Libyan organisations and individuals added to Saudi-coordinated “terror” list

By Libya Herald reporters.Tunis, 26 July 2017:Libya’s two Islamist TV stations, Tanasuh and Al-Nabaa have been added to the list compiled by Saudi Ara...

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Thinni government orders Benghazi radio stations to close
Sep 1 Michel Cousins

Thinni government orders Benghazi radio stations to close

By Abdullah Obeidi.Tobruk, 1 September 2016:In a move apparently designed to ensure control over local media, the Beida-based government of Abdullah A...

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Nabaa TV forced off the air and anti-Serraj demo broken up in Martyrs' Square
Mar 30 Nigel Ash

Nabaa TV forced off the air and anti-Serraj demo broken up in Martyrs' Square

By Saber Ayyub.Tripoli, 30 March 2016:Shortly after Khalifa Ghwell had warned Faiez Serraj to get out of Tripoli or face arrest, Nabaa TV station in t...

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Al-Nabaa TV forced off air
Apr 8 Michel Cousins

Al-Nabaa TV forced off air

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 8 April 2015:Al Nabaa TV, the main media supporter of Libya Dawn/General National Congress regime in Tripoli, has been...

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Feb 5 Michel Cousins

Tripoli cultural centre burned

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 5 February 2015:The Zawiat Al-Dahmani Cultural Centre in central Tripoli has been damaged in what some reports claim wa...

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Dec 27 Newsdesk2

2014 deplorable year for press freedom in Libya

By Libya Herald staff.Tripoli, 27 December 2014:The year has been the worst year ever for press freedom in Libya, reports the Libya Centre for Press F...

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Aug 19 Michel Cousins

Government pulls plug on Wataniya and Rasmiya TV channels

By Ajnadin Mustafa.Tripoli, 19 August 2014:Libya’s two state-owned TV channels, Al-Wataniya and Al-Rasmiya, were effectively switched off today by Nil...

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