The Supreme Judicial Council gave orders to suspend work at courts, procuratorates and other judicial bodies starting from today until the end of April.

Tarhouna-based Al-Kani militias of Khalifa Haftar’s forces have killed a medical doctor named Othman Al-Tajouri and his paramedic companion Sulaiman Mayouf in Garabulli area as they targeted the car came under fire of the militias. Two other doctors have been injured.

General Khalifa Haftar’s government in Libya commits crimes against judiciary officials, an international human rights organisation based in London said in a statement yesterday.

French President Emmanuel Macron met Monday with Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar, who insisted he would commit to a ceasefire with the UN-recognised government in Tripoli as long as its militia fighters pledge to sign on as well.

Libyan Crimes Watch said the legal advisor Salah Beltamer was arrested by gunmen in Marj town on Saturday, adding that relatives said the reason of the arrest was Beltamer’s criticism of arbitrary detention of judiciary officials and personnel.

Foreign Minister, Mohamed Siyala said Friday that the Libyan judiciary is the authority empowered to look into the Russian detainees’ case in Libya.

The Libyan Judicial Officers Association condemned in a statement Tuesday the threat against the head of the Seventh Criminal Chamber of Benghazi Court of Appeal, Fatima Al Masri, by a group of armed men.

A Libyan military prosecutor has ordered the arrest of General Khalifa Haftar and three other retired commanders, as reported by Anadolu Agency. 

Libya’s Supreme Judiciary Council announced yesterday the completion of the elections of its members. It said it was proud to announce that despite the country’s political split the Council was able to democratically and smoothly elect its members in a transparent manner, safeguarding its independence and integrity.

The Libyan General Staff called on all judicial authorities and the public prosecutor as well as the military prosecutor to start investigating the torture marks on the bodies returned by Khalifa Haftar’s forces to the Red Crescent, asking them to bring the perpetrators to justice in local and international courts.