Libyan Crime Watch has appealed to the President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) -taking place in Belgrade, Serbia- to work to uncover the fate of Libyan member of parliament, Siham Sergewa.

The Arab Organisation for Human Rights in Britain (AOHR) has said that “retired Libyan Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar bears full responsibility for the crime of abduction of the Libyan MP Siham Sergiwa and other crimes of kidnapping and assassinations, aimed at terrorising all his opponents and keeping them away from public …

Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Political Affairs in Libya Stephanie Williams has expressed the hope that media would play a role in building peace in Libya, the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said Thursday.

A German charity said Monday it had rescued some 100 people from a collapsing dinghy in the Mediterranean while being threatened by the Libyan coastguard.

House of Representatives (HoR) member Ms. Siham Sirgiwa is still missing over a month after her abduction. She had been abducted from her home in the eastern city of Benghazi on 17 July.

A number of Libyan citizens held a protest on Wednesday, in front of the UN mission’s HQ in Janzour district, west of Tripoli, to demand the expulsion of the UN envoy to Libya, Ghassan Salame.

Tunisia’s defence ministry said Monday it had prevented 53 Ivorian and Sudanese citizens from illegally entering the country, a move condemned by NGOs as a violation of rights.

Human Rights Solidarity said that it has documented the death of 424 civilians in violent incidents, in Libya, during the first half of this year, noting that statics do not include the victims of armed clashes.

International NGO, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), yesteday called on the Libyan Interim Government based in Eastern Libya, to explain the order it has issued to municipal authorities not to cooperate with 11 TV channels. This ban must be lifted in order to respect the public’s right to information, RSF said.

An international rights group has calls for details of the whereabouts of three Jordanian citizens who were kidnapped by an armed group in Libya almost a year ago to be released.