“No one is above the law in the new free Libya”, says justice minister
By Sami Zaptia. Tripoli, 4 January: Justice Minister Salah Maraghni stressed that in the new Libya “no one is above ...
Tag: GNC
Tense calm in Sebha after six days of clashes
By Beata Oleksy. Special forces troops enter Sebha on 31 December to try and end inter-tribal fighting (Photo:LH) Tripoli, 4 ...
Opinion: An eyewitness account of the SSC demonstration outside congress
By Ahmed Alsharif. Members of the SSC blocked the road, rejecting demands to join the official police force and calling ...
Magarief to discuss “closed military zone” on Sebha visit
GNC head Mohamed Magarief, shown . . .here at a conference in Tripoli last week, is visiting towns in south ...
First Deputy Head of GNC condemns SSC’s demonstration as ‘unreasonable’
By Sami Zaptia. Tripoli, 2 January: Juma Attaiga, the First Deputy head of the General National Conference (GNC) condemned the ...
Tripoli Local Council organizes economic forum
By Sami Zaptia. Tripoli Local Council organises an economic forum in Tripoli (Photo: Sami Zaptia). Tripoli, 29 December: The ...
Deputy Prime Minister Barasi promises action by the current government
By Sami Zaptia. Tripoli, 29 December: At a press conference held at the Prime Minister’s Office on Thursday (27th December), ...
Magarief strongly supports women’s inclusion in the constitution drafting committee
By Sami Zaptia. GNC head Magarief meets with Libya's leading women's NGOs and supports a role for them in the ...
GNC committee urges exclusion of former regime judges
Tripoli, 26 December: A committee at the General National Council (GNC) today recommended that members of the judiciary who worked ...
GNC approves legislation for “Isolation Law” targeting Qaddafi officials
By Tom Little. Demonstrators gathered outside the GNC building in central Tripoli last night to repeat their demands (Photo: Tom ...
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