Feb 10 Nigel Ash

New prison for Misrata

Tripoli, 10 February 2013:Justice Minister Salah Bashir Margani today said he hoped that all the 2,000-plus detainees held in prisons in Misrata would...

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Justice Minister regrets slow progress
Feb 6 thomwestcott

Justice Minister regrets slow progress

By Tom Westcott.Tripoli, 6 February 2013:The Minister of Justice, Salah Marghani, today admitted the slow progress made by the new government, and exp...

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Tawerghans: unlikely to return soon
Jan 28 Nigel Ash

Tawerghans: unlikely to return soon

 By Beata OleksyBenghazi, 28 January 2013: Sitting on a shabby bench, an 84 year-old Tawerghan worries about his land that he fled over a year ago. It...

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Jan 27 Sami Zaptia

Opinion: Yet another reason national reconciliation in Libya cannot wait

By Karim Mezran.Washington DC, USA, 27 January:The famous Egyptian analyst and writer Mohamed Hassanein Heikal recently revived an old theory in an in...

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New law must protect human rights, say Lawyers
Jan 25 thomwestcott

New law must protect human rights, say Lawyers

Tripoli, 25 January 2013:Lawyers for Justice in Libya (LFJL) has urged the General National Congress (GNC) to ensure that the proposed ‘Political Isol...

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Jan 24 Michel Cousins

More Libyan-Egyptian committees agreed

Tripoli, 24 January 2013:The President of the General National Congress, Muhamed Magarief, and his opposite number in the Egyptian Shura (Advisory) Co...

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Congress is slow but getting there: NFP president, Muhammad Ali Abdullah
Jan 21 Nigel Ash

Congress is slow but getting there: NFP president, Muhammad Ali Abdullah

By Umar KhanNFA president Muhammad Ali AbdullahTripoli, 21 January:Though he remains concerned at the speed of decision-making and the quality of poli...

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Jan 18 Michel Cousins

Congress' Justice Committee mulls new top law appointments

Tripoli, 18 January 2013:The Justice and Judicial Affairs Committee of the General National Congress met on Wednesday to discuss the appointment of a...

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Jan 7 Michel Cousins

Court cases adjourned

Tripoli, 7 January 2013:Court proceedings against former Foreign Minister Abdulati Ibrahim Al-Obeidi and former Secretary General of the General Peopl...

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Jan 4 Sami Zaptia

“No one is above the law in the new free Libya”, says justice minister

By Sami Zaptia.Tripoli, 4 January:Justice Minister Salah Maraghni stressed that in the new Libya “no one is above the law ” at the government's end-of...

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