Libya: Nato urged to investigate deaths
Rights group calls on Nato to investigate civilian deaths that resulted from air strikes… The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has failed to acknowledge dozens of civilian casualties from air strikes during its 2011 Libya campaign, and has not investigated possible unlawful attacks, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 76-page report, [...]
New legislation criminalises free speech and those who ‘damage’ the revolution… Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) should immediately revoke a new law that bans insults against the people of Libya or its institutions, Human Rights Watch said today. The law also prohibits criticism of the country’s 2011 revolution and glorification of the deposed [...]
Continue reading …Libya’s National Transitional Council has apologised for attacks that destroyed WWII war graves in Benghazi, and promised to track down those responsible. Video has emerged showing the destruction of the graves, in acts thought to prompted by the burning of Korans by US forces in Afghanistan. Read more at the BBC
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The country celebrates the start of the revolution, amid concerns about the future… Libya is today marking the anniversary of the revolution that eventually toppled Col. Muammar Gaddafi, though its doing so amid allegations of rights abuses that bear close resemblance to those of the past. On Friday 17 February, 2011, the first [...]
Continue reading …Growing doubts over ability of National Transitional Council to reign in Libya’s militias… The UN has said that thousands of pro-Gaddafi supporters are being held in secret detention facilities, with Libya’s fledgling government struggling to assert its control over the militias holding them. More than 8,000 people being held, with frequent reports of [...]
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Cabinet revealed, as ICC acknowledges Saif Gaddafi will be tried in Libya… Libya’s interim Prime Minister Abdurrahim al-Keib has revealed a new interim cabinet, designed to ease rivalries within the numerous factions that overthrew Muammar Gaddafi. The government will now face the challenge of forming an administration in Tripoli that is able to centralise [...]
Continue reading …According to medical sources at least seven people have been killed during armed clashes just outside Tripoli, Libya. The second day of fighting saw forces from Zawiyah attack targets with grad rockets, machine guns and other weapons. Read more: Libyans say clashes resolved, but firing goes on (Reuters)
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