Libya's press and media are among the world's least free
Apr 27 Nigel Ash

Libya's press and media are among the world's least free

By Olfa Andolsi.Tunis, 27 April 2017:When it comes to an unrestricted media and the safety of  journalists, Libya ranks close to the bottom of a new i...

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Apr 3 Nigel Ash

Abdullah Doma not released yet, handed to Wanis Bukhamada for protection: report

By Libya Herald reporters. AFP photographer Abdullah Doma (Photo: Abdullah Doma)Tunis, 3 April 2017:Agence France Presse photographer Abdullah Doma wa...

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Three including AFP photographer freed after "sinful" Benghazi Earth Hour celebrations
Mar 29 Nigel Ash

Three including AFP photographer freed after "sinful" Benghazi Earth Hour celebrations

By Libya Herald reporters.Benghazi and Tunis, 29 March 2017:An Agence France Presse journalist, arrested overnight for taking photographs of a “sinful...

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Jan 25 Michel Cousins

Reporters Without Borders demands LNA release journalist

By Alessandra Bocchi.Tunis, 25 January 2017:The international NGO Reporters Without Borders (RSF) had demanded the immediate release of Libyan TV jour...

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Dec 27 Michel Cousins

Armed group stop Gharyan radio broadcasts

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 27 December 2016:The local radio station in Gharyan has been prevented from broadcasting for the second day in a row b...

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Iraqi journalists seized between Sirte and Misrata now free
Nov 19 Nigel Ash

Iraqi journalists seized between Sirte and Misrata now free

By Moutaz Ali.Tripoli, 19 November 2016:Three Kurdish journalists covering Bunyan Marsous operations in Sirte have been freed after a thirty-hour abdu...

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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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Sep 30 Michel Cousins

Al-Nabaa condemned for promoting hate speech by journalists union

By Ajnadin Mustafa.Tripoli, 30 September 2016:The pro-Islamist Al-Nabaa TV station has been condemned by the Libyan Independent Journalists Syndicate...

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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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Aug 2 Nigel Ash

Foreign media head Jamal Zubia still missing

By Libya Herald reporters. Foreign media spokesman Jamal Zubia still missing (Photo: FMD)Tripoli, 2 August 2016:There is still no news of the top Liby...

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