Photographer seized during Tripoli demonstration; Rada accused
Jul 30 Michel Cousins

Photographer seized during Tripoli demonstration; Rada accused

By Libya Herald reporter.Salim Al-Sabel with UK ambassador Peter MillettTripoli, 30 July 2016:A photographer has been abducted, allegedly by Rada (Det...

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Government of National Accord must protect journalists says RSF
Jul 2 Michel Cousins

Government of National Accord must protect journalists says RSF

By Libya Herald staff.Tunis, 2 July, 2016:Condemning continued violence against journalists in Libya, the international organisation Reporters Without...

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Benghazi photo journalist killed by Gwarsha sniper
Jun 24 Michel Cousins

Benghazi photo journalist killed by Gwarsha sniper

By Ayman Amzein.Benghazi, 24 June 2016:Benghazi photo journalist Khaled Sharif Zintani was killed yesterday by a sniper in Gwrasha as he was covering...

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Apr 10 Nigel Ash

PC sacks Ghwell spokesman, instals new foreign media head

By Saber Ayyub. Foreign media spokesman Jamal Zubia fired by the PC (Photo: FMD)Tripoli, 10 April 2016:Jamal Zubia, the head of Foreign Media Departme...

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Protest at Italian manhandling of journalists at Mitiga
Mar 10 Nigel Ash

Protest at Italian manhandling of journalists at Mitiga

By Ajnadin Mustafa.Tripoli,  10 March 2016:The attack by an Italian security guard on two photographers at Mitiga drew a protest today from press free...

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Menaced female journalists are quitting says the Libyan Centre for Freedom of Press
Mar 8 Sami Zaptia

Menaced female journalists are quitting says the Libyan Centre for Freedom of Press

By Libya Herald reporters.Tunis, 8 March 2016: The Libyan Centre for Freedom of Press (LCFP) reports there were 14 serious attacks on female journalis...

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Insecurity and political divisions drive press freedom violations: report
Jan 11 Sami Zaptia

Insecurity and political divisions drive press freedom violations: report

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 11 January 2016:Security challenges and political divisions are the two main reasons for the occurrence of violations...

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Xinhua photographer Naili released
Nov 27 Nigel Ash

Xinhua photographer Naili released

By Saber Ayyub.Tripoli, 27 November 2015:A Libyan photographer Mohamed Al-Naili who works for the Chinese news agency Xinhua has been released.He arri...

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Dangers for Libyan journalists highlighted at UNESCO workshop in Tunis
Nov 17 Michel Cousins

Dangers for Libyan journalists highlighted at UNESCO workshop in Tunis

By Libya Herald reporter.Tunis, 17 November 2015:Journalists and human rights activists from Libya attending a UNESCO workshop in Tunis organised to m...

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UNSMIL steps in to save journalist abducted near Mitiga airport
Aug 23 Nigel Ash

UNSMIL steps in to save journalist abducted near Mitiga airport

By Ajnadin Mustafa.Tripoli, 23 August 2015:UNSMIL has secured the release of a Libyan journalist seized shortly after he returned to Tripoli’s Mitiga...

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