Informes

Tripoli, 20 October 2012 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Mr. Tarek Mitri, praises the huge efforts exerted by President Mohammad…

KUFRA, southern Libya, Oct 20 2012 (IPS) - Safia’s six-year-old body is riddled with scars from the rocket that hit her home in February. With her immediate family all killed in the violent attack, this sole…

A year on from the capture and killing of Colonel Mu’ammar al-Gaddafi, Amnesty International is calling on the Libyan authorities to hand over immediately the former ruler’s military intelligence chief to the International Criminal Court (ICC)…

New Proof of Mass Killings at Gaddafi Death Site A Year On, No Progress on Inquiry Into Deaths (Beirut, October 17, 2012) – New evidence collected by Human Rights Watch implicates Misrata-based militias in the apparent execution of…

Facts and figures relating to ICRC activities carried out in Libya between January and early October 2012. Visiting detainees ICRC delegates conducted 158 visits to 75 different places of detention, including holding centres for irregular migrants, where more…

SC/10791 On 9 October 2012, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya issued the following implementation assistance notice: Implementation Assistance Notice #3 This note contains information aimed at assisting Member States in the implementation…

12 October 2012 – The United Nations today voiced concern over the impact of recent security developments, including loss of life and injury, amid deadly clashes between armed groups in the Libyan town of Bani Walid. The…

Recent international news coverage of Libya usually obscures distinctions among the heterogeneous fighting groups operating in the country, branding them all as ‘militias’, and characterizing them as rogue, and beyond state control. A new Working Paper…

By Rebecca Murray ZWEILA, Southern Libya, Oct 11 2012 (IPS) - A group of Tabu fighters with mud-splattered trucks rest on the outskirts of Zweila, a small historic slave-trade stop in Libya’s southwest Sahara. Far from their home…

Mon, 8 Oct 2012 21:11 GMT By Ali Shuaib TRIPOLI, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Shelling by Libyan pro-government forces has killed three people including a child in the former Gaddafi stronghold of Bani Walid, a local militia leader…