A Libyan appeals court on Wednesday rejected two petitions against interim prime minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah’s candidacy in this month’s presidential election, Libyan media reported.

Zawiya Court of First Instance on Tuesday ruled to exclude Khalifa Haftar from next month’s presidential election, according to local media.

Libyan warlord, Khalifa Haftar’s militia, on Monday, surrounded the Sabha Court of Appeal in southern Libya ahead of a session to hear an appeal by Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi against a decision to exclude him from the country’s presidential elections, according to local media, Anadolu News Agency reports.

A Libyan court in Benghazi yesterday rejected an appeal filed against the candidacy of retired Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar in the country’s presidential election next month.

Tripoli Appeals Court has accepted two appeals against the presidential candidacy of the current Prime Minister and presidential candidate, Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah, ahead of the December 24 vote.

The United Nations mission in Libya, on Friday, condemned an attack on a court in the south-western city of Sebha, Anadolu News Agency reports.

The Head of the Central Committee of Municipal Elections, Salim bin Tahiya, said North Tripoli Court had approved the Central Tripoli Municipality elections.

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has expressed its concerns regarding the recent issue of ‘death sentences’ by military courts in Eastern Libya.

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.

The Libyan High Court has acquitted the seven Filipino seafarers who were arrested two years ago for an alleged attempt to smuggle six million liters of oil.