Ten years after the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi, justice has yet to be delivered to victims of war crimes and serious human rights violations including unlawful killings, enforced disappearances, torture, forced displacement and abductions committed by militias and armed groups, Amnesty International said today.
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Preventing partition: The case against a diplomatic band-aid in Libya
As the civil war in Libya approaches the decade mark, many in the international community and certain segments of Libyan society have started to look for seemingly simple solutions to end the conflict. One of the solutions that has started to gain traction is the potential partitioning of Libya into …
Read More »Armed Clashes Erupt in Libya’s Sirte
Armed clashes broke out Tuesday between rival militias loyal to warlord Khalifa Haftar in the coastal city of Sirte, according to military sources.
Read More »Libyan western military brigades reject UN-led dialogues
Several military brigades from western Libya urged the Head of the Presidential Council, Fayez Al-Sarraj, to reunite the council and form a national unity government until elections are held on December 24, 2021.
Read More »Training of first batch of militias by Interior Ministry starts
The first batch of militias started their first training course yesterday at its Higher Officers Institute, the Tripoli Interior Ministry reported yesterday.
Read More »Tripoli Interior Ministry send force to impose law and order in Tarhuna following disorder believed to be sparked by Kaniat mass graves body identifications
The Tripoli based Interior Ministry sent a strong force on Sunday into Tarhuna to reimpose security after disorder and attacks on property.
Read More »Interior Ministry’s ‘‘Combatants Inclusion’’ Committee prepares for first training course
The Tripoli-based Interior Ministry’s ‘‘Combatants Inclusion’’ (militia DDR) Committee announced yesterday that its first training course for the government recognized militias is ready to start.
Read More »Tripoli militia coalition rejects LPDF selection mechanism outcomes
The Tripoli Protection Force (TPF), the city’s coalition of its main militias, recognized by the internationally recognized Libyan government based in the country’s capital, announced yesterday that it rejects the outputs and the method of voting used by the UNSMIL-brokered Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) to agree on a selection …
Read More »Libya’s Defense Ministry, General Staff and military zones pledge to avoid internal clashes
The Libyan Defense Minister, Salah Al-Namroush, has agreed with the Chief of Staff, Mohammed Al-Haddad, and the commanders of western, central and Tripoli’s military zones of the Government of National Accord (GNA) to sign a “code of honor” that prohibits all brigades and forces from fighting one another.
Read More »Tarhuna’s Kani militia abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them: HRW report
Hundreds of residents of the Libyan town Tarhuna were abducted or reported missing between 2014 and 2020, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report on Thursday (7 December).
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