Rapports

01 Feb 2012 14:00 Source: Reuters // Reuters By Oliver Holmes TRIPOLI, Feb 1 (Reuters) - 'Fitna' is widely used in Arabic but difficult to translate directly into English. Roughly defined, it means the intentional stirring of chaos between…

When Ibrahim Zouka, director of Al Markaziya Middle School in Misrata, heard during last year’s conflict that Colonel Gaddafi’s military was on its way, he drove to the school and, with the help of a colleague,…

Last year was a watershed for the 'responsibility to protect' (R2P) principle, marking both the tenth anniversary of the influential Commission report which argued for its adoption by the international community and, in Libya, the first…

Melodee M. Baines Mediterranean Basin Knowledge Manager melodee.baines@cimicweb.org This document examines lessons learned in Libya after the end of NATO’s Operation Unified Protector. Related information is available at www.cimicweb.org. Hyperlinks to source material are highlighted in blue…

The Government of India’s humanitarian assistance consisting of life saving medicines and medical equipment worth US$ 1 million (approximate) was handed over to the National Transitional Council of Libya, in Tripoli, on January 30, 2012 by…

This is a summary of what was said by the UNHCR spokesperson at today’s Palais des Nations press briefing in Geneva. Further information can be found on the UNHCR websites, www.unhcr.org and www.unhcr.fr, which should also…

DUBAI, 31 January 2012 (IRIN) - Among the migrants who found themselves caught up in Libya during last year's war was a group of people whom one University of Oxford researcher calls "invisible": refugees who travel…

Humanitarian crisis in Libya and in the neighboring region. Following the political crisis and armed clashes in Libya, the humanitarian situation is precarious since mid-February in the country as well as in the neighboring countries. The violence…

MSF suspends work in Misrata detention centres TRIPOLI/LONDON, 26 JANUARY 2012 – Detainees in the Libyan city of Misrata are being tortured and denied urgent medical care, leading the international medical humanitarian organisation Medecins Sans Frontieres MSF…

Several detainees have died after being subjected to torture in Libya in recent weeks and months amid widespread torture and ill-treatment of suspected pro-al-Gaddafi fighters and loyalists, Amnesty International said today. Amnesty International delegates in Libya have…