U.S. court rules against Hafter in war crimes case – Hafter liable to pay monetary compensation
A Federal U.S court has ruled against eastern Libya military commander Khalifa Hafter on Friday in a multiple war crimes ...
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Hafter’s LNA should urgently investigate apparent evidence of war crimes by aligned forces: HRW
By Sami Zaptia. London, 17 June 2020: Khalifa Hafter’s Libyan National Army (LNA) and its aligned forces should urgently investigate ...
UN condemns Tripoli military academy attack which led to at least 29 dead cadets
By Sami Zaptia. London, 5 January 2020: The United Nations Mission of support in Libya (UNSMIL) condemned in the strongest ...
Biscuit factory air strike leads to calls for Hafter’s prosecution for war crimes
By Sami Zaptia. An aerial attack on a biscuit factory yesterday on the outskirts of Tripoli led to the death ...
Fierce fighting on outskirts of Tripoli continues without any clear progress from either side as conflicting narratives endure
By Sami Zaptia. London, 30 April 2019: Fierce fighting continued over the last two days and overnight on the outskirts ...
UNSMIL chief suggests “joint tribunals” for Libyan war crimes
By Zeinab Mohammed Salih. UNSMIL chief Ghassan Salamé at the UNSC today (Photo: UN) New York, 16 November 2017: The ...
Civil rights lawyers to press ICC to probe Khalifa Hafter over war crimes
By Libya Herald reporters. The Internationai Criminal Court in the Hague (File photo) Tunis, 13 November 2017: European civil rights ...
Lawyers call for independent investigators for Libyan war crimes
By Libya Herald reporters. A man resembling Mahmoud Warfali just before he murdered three men this March (Screen grab) Tunis, ...
LNA promise to investigate war crimes “rings hollow” says Amnesty
By Alessandra Bocchi. One the war crimes videos the LNA is investigating (Screen grab) Tunis, 23 March 2017: UNSMIL chief ...
UNSMIL condemns human rights and war crime violations
By Sami Zaptia. London, 1 August 2016: The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has documented 41 civilian casualties, ...
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