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Civil society struggles for greater role in Libya's transition
As the conditions for Libyan activists are deteriorating, civil society fighters, refusing to be silenced, mobilise from abroad. One of them is Shahrazad Magrabi, whose initiative Libyan Women Forum is aiming to empower Libyan grassroots movements with a special focus on women. “The civil society in Libya is gaining momentum,” …
Civil society struggles for greater role in Libya’s transition
As the conditions for Libyan activists are deteriorating, civil society fighters, refusing to be silenced, mobilise from abroad. One of them is Shahrazad Magrabi, whose initiative Libyan Women Forum is aiming to empower Libyan grassroots movements with a special focus on women. “The civil society in Libya is gaining momentum,” …
Post-Revolution, the NTC got it wrong: Tarek Mitri
Libya’s current crisis is the result of a basic miscalculation in the first days after the success of the Revolution. The National Transitional Council should have used its position to start rebuilding state institutions rather than holding elections in 2012 and ceding power to the country’s newly-elected parliament.
Libya FM: Libya has become a regional battleground
Paris, Asharq Al-Awsat—The overthrow of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 was heralded as a new beginning for Libya, a chance to start afresh and use its considerable oil wealth to build a modern, stable, democratic state.
UK Foreign and Commonwealth office report – Libya – Country of Concern
The security and political situation in Libya has deteriorated significantly, resulting in the temporary withdrawal from the country of the British Embassy, along with the UN, and other international partners, including the US and France. There is also a reduced presence of human rights and humanitarian NGOs in Libya, some …