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.

[Ali Gattani] Shahat residents joined in on the national protests against extending the congressional mandate.

TRIPOLI, February 7, 2014 (AFP) – Thousands of Libyans took to the streets Friday to protest against a decision by the interim parliament to extend its mandate, despite fears that lingering political instability could unleash fresh violence.

As Libyans prepare to vote to establish a committee to draft the country’s first permanent constitution since Muammer Qaddafi came to power in 1969, one cannot help but reflect on the changed circumstances in the country.

TRIPOLI, January 18, 2014 (AFP) – Libya’s General National Congress declared a state of emergency in the country on Saturday, an official said, after fresh clashes erupted in the south when gunmen group seized a military base.

The first ever election of mayors in Libya took place yesterday, in Beida and Shahat. Ali Hussain Mohamed Abubakr was elected mayor of Beida and Idris Abdulmajeed Abdullah Belhussain mayor of Shahat by the respective new municipal councils.

Looking ahead to Libya in 2014 and what can be done to set Libya’s revolution back on the right track