A well-known lawyer and human rights activist was gunned down in Benghazi, Libya, on 10 November. Hanan Al-Barassi, known as the “Granny of Burqa”, was murdered at around 2pm in one of the city’s busiest streets. According to Benghazi’s security directorate, a group of “unidentified masked men” first tried to …

The Ministry of Interior of the Government of National Accord (GNA), announced that the former Head of the Acquisition Committee in the ministry, who was wanted by the Office of the Attorney General on corruption cases, has now been arrested.

The Libyan Supreme Judicial Council has reiterated that the judicial authority should be fully autonomous as per the legislations organizing its work, excluding Article 15 of the Libyan Political Agreement.

The Public Prosecutor’s Office issued an arrest order for an official in the General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL) working as the supervisor of the “30 KV line” power stations, on charges of abuse of position.

An informed source told The Libya Observer that the Investigation Department of the Public Prosecutor’s office issued an arrest order for the Mayor of the Ain Zara Municipality on charges of abuse of position.

The Head of Libya’s Audit Bureau in Tripoli Khalid Shakshak sent reports to the Attorney General about corruption cases at the Libyan embassies in Vatican city and Italy.

Employees of Libya’s National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) held a demonstration in front of their Tripoli headquarters today in protest at the arrest of the entity’s head, Noaman Al-Sheikh, by the Military Prosecutor.

The Investigation Department of the Office of Public Prosecution announced that a number of officials accused of obstructing the fair load-shedding of the electricity company have been brought to the Bab Bin Ghashir Court to face charges.

The UN Support Mission in Libya today welcomed the 11 October appointment of five women judges who will work in two new specialised courts in Benghazi and Tripoli dedicated to hearing cases of violence against women and children.

The delegations from the Libyan parliament, the Tobruk-based House of Representatives (HoR), and the High State Council (HSC) announced that they had reached a comprehensive understanding on the criteria for selecting the holders of Libya’s sovereign positions.