Tripoli Appeals Court’s administrative division ruled Wednesday to block the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Libya and Italy to fight the growing influx of illegal immigrants and the issue of human trafficking as well as to help Libya secure its southern borders.
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HRW calls for transparent investigation on Benghazi crimes
A report issued by Human Rights Watch (HRW), on Wednesday, about the humanitarian and war crimes of the army of the Dignity Operation that led by General Khalifa Haftar in Benghazi.
Read More »LNA says it will prosecute soldiers who murder and abuse prisoners
The Libyan National Army has said it is moving against soldiers suspected of war crimes. The action has been prompted by a widely-circulated clip of a senior LNA commander murdering three prisoners while they are bound and kneeling beside a wall. The military communiqué put out this evening by LNA spokesman …
Read More »Saif Al-Islam transferred to new place of detention in Zintan
Reports that Seif Al-Islam Qaddafi has been freed in Zintan appear to have been somewhat exaggerated. The son of the former dictator, captured in November 2011 and since held in Zintan, has simply been transferred from the keeping of one authority in the town to another.
Read More »NCHR condemns execution of Dignity Operation prisoner
The National Commission for Human Rights in Libya has strongly deplored the extrajudicial execution of a member of Benghazi Shura Council by a radical group affiliated with Dignity Operation.
Read More »Dignity Operation militia executes captive with machine gun from point-blank range
A radical Salafist group fighting alongside Khalifa Haftar’s self-proclaimed “Libyan National Army” released on Friday an ISIS-style video showing chilling execution of a rival fighter in Benghazi.
Read More »UN: Gaddafi’s son needs to be tried at ICC
The trial of the son of ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi did not meet international standards and he should be brought in front of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the United Nations said today.
Read More »Tripoli Appeals Court to rule on Italy-Presidential Council MoU
A number of Libyan citizens lodged an appeal at the Judiciary Division of the Tripoli Appeals Court against the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the UN-proposed government’s Presidential Council’s Head Fayez Al-Sirraj and the Italian Prime Minister, Paolo Gentiloni.
Read More »Human Rights Watch criticises ICC for lack of new Libyan war crimes cases
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has been sharply criticised by Human Rights Watch (HRW) for not launching new investigations into war crimes in Libya.
Read More »DCAF publishes the consolidated Libyan Penal Code and Criminal Procedure Code in Arabic and English
The Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) announces the online publication of the Libyan Penal Code and Criminal Procedure Code, fully consolidated with their amendments, and their English translations on its security sector legislation database.
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