An image circulating on social media websites showing independence flags being burned

On Feb. 14, 92 prisoners escaped from their prison in the Libyan town of Zliten. 19 of them were eventually recaptured, two of whom were wounded in clashes with the guards. It was just another daily episode highlighting the utter chaos, which has engulfed Libya since 2011.

Military personnel can vote in Thursday’s elections for the 60-member Constitutional Committee, so long as they have registered, the Higher National Elections Commision (HNEC) announced yesterday.

German ambassador Christian Much launches the first of 50,000 SMSs messages for Libyan women’s rights (Photo: Sami Zaptia).

A Tebu boycott of Thurday’s elections for the 60-member Constitutional Committee has been declared by the National Tebu Assembly (NTA).

Messages of support and congratulations to the Libyan people from foreign government around the world have poured in for today’s third anniversary of the revolution.

In 2011, I crossed the border with other journalists into a country that had been cut off from the world for 42 years. We had no idea what to expect as we entered what the rebels were calling “Free Libya.”

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said the prosecution of Saif Al-Islam Qaddafi and other former regime officials “will be no more credible than a kangaroo court” following interviews with the detained men.

Mounting curbs on freedom of expression are threatening the rights Libyans sought to gain by overthrowing Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi, said Amnesty International ahead of the third anniversary of the 2011 Libyan uprising.

A four-member delegation led by Director General of the Foreign Ministry’s Asia & Australia department, Mohamed Ali Zenati, has been in Delhi to discuss issues of bilateral and multilateral interest with Indian officials.