A court in Libya has jailed 37 people convicted of human trafficking – following the deaths of 11 migrants who drowned in the Mediterranean Sea, local media reported. Five members of the criminal gang were sentenced to life in prison – others received between one and 15 years. All had …
Read More »Libya: UN finds new evidence of mass graves
UN investigators have found new evidence of mass graves believed to contain migrant bodies at a smuggling point in northwest Libya. The organisation’s fact-finding mssion said the discovery – in the town of Tarhuna – provided further evidence that human rights violations in Libya are “widespread, systematic or both.” The …
Read More »Libya parliament suspends session without crisis breakthrough
Libya’s parliament on Tuesday suspended its session until next week without a vote on any of the proposals raised on Monday for handling the fallout of last week’s delayed election, Reuters agency reports. The session in Tobruk on Monday and Tuesday represented a first effort by Libya’s fractured political class …
Read More »Libya: son of former leader Gaddafi is running for supreme office
The son of late Libyan president Muammar Gaddafi, Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi, appeared for nearly the first time in a decade on Sunday to register as a presidential candidate for a December vote planned to help end the years of chaos since his father was toppled. Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi, 49, appeared …
Read More »Libya: former president Gaddafi’s son released from prison
Sa’adi Gaddafi, the third son of the former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, has been released from jail in the capital Tripoli, where he had been held since 2014. He was commander of Libya’s Special Forces but was also famous for attempting a career as a professional footballer in Italy. After …
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