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Libya

Libyans celebrate in Martyrs’ Square in Tripoli, the capital, after hearing that deposed leader Moammar Kadafi had been killed. Kadafi was the third leader to fall since the outbreak of the so-called Arab Spring protests, but he became the first to lose his life. (Ismail Zitouni, Reuters / October 20, 2011)

Libya tribal leaders break away from interim government

Libya's National Transitional Council, the interim central government based in the capital Tripoli, has repeatedly voiced its opposition to the creation of a partly autonomous oil-rich eastern region, warning it could eventually lead to the breakup of the North African nation.Thousands of representatives of major tribal leaders, militia commanders and politicians made the declaration in a ceremony held in the eastern city of Benghazi.
 
 They vowed to end decades of marginalization under Gaddafi and named a council to run the affairs of the newly created region, extending from the central coastal city of Sirte to the Egyptian border in the east. The gathering appointed Ahmed al-Zubair, Libya's longest serving political prisoner under Gaddafi, as leader of its governing council. Al-Zubair is also a member of the National Transitional Council. Al-Zubair pledged to protect the rights of the region but also said his council recognizes NTC to run Libya's international affairs.   (Read More)

Updates

6 April 2012 " Did Libya's revolution topple Mali into crisis?, " by Dan Murphy, The Christian Science Monitor

4 April 2012 " ICC requests Libya hand over Saif Al Islam," by Al Jazeera

4 April 2012 "Rockets fired in clash between rival Libya militias," by Marie -Louise Gumuchan, Reuters

3 April 2012 "Rival fighters in Libya clash; casaulties reported," by Jomana Karadsheh, CNN
 
2 April 2012 "Libyan Militias Turn to Politics , a Volatile Mix," by David D. Kirkpatrick, The New York Times
 
1 April 2012 "Scores dead in Southern Libya  tribal clashes" by Al Jazeera

28 March 2012 " 'Dozens killed' in clashes in Libyan town of Sabha" by BBC

20 March 2012 " Libya : Mauritania should Hand Abduallah Al- Senussi Over to the International Criminal Court ICC)," By AllAfrica

6 March 2012 "Libya : Semi autonomy sought by leaders in east" by BBC

28 January 2012 " Militia Chaos in Bani Walid raises danger of civil war in post -Gaddafi Libya" by Nick Meo, Hassan Morajea, Bani Walid

3 November 2011 "ICC might not investigate Gadhafi's death," by United Press International

23 October 11 "Libya's image 'stained' by Gaddafi death – Hammond," by BBC News

21 October 2011 "Libya rejoices at Moammar Kadafi's death," by Jeffrey Fleishman and Patrick J. McDonnell

20 October 2011 "Did Qaddafi's End Justify the Means?: How Libya Changed the Face of Humanitarian intervention," by David Bosco, Foreign Policy

20 October 2011 "Can we stop atrocities without launching an all-out war?," by Gareth Evans, Foreign Policy

14 September 2011 "EU worried by abuses by both sides in Libya," by Reuters

13 September 2011 "Libya's new rulers to probe war crimes allegations," by Mohamed Hasni, Agence France-Presse

26 August 2011 "Violence in Syria, Libya underscores need for convention on crimes against humanity," by Washington University in St. Louis

3 March 2011 "International Criminal Court begins Libya inquiry," by Marlise Simons, The New York Times

30 May 2011 "Gaddafi snatch squads took hundreds of men and boys from Misrata," by Ruth Sherlock, The Independent

7 April 2011 "Libya Oil Minister says up to 20,000 civilians massacred," By Michael Binyon, Deborah Haynes and Giles Whittell, The Times

6 April 2011 "Libya targeted civilian protesters, War Crimes Court," by BBC News

6 April 2011 "NATO concern at Libya use of human shields in Misrata," by BBC News

26 March 2011 "Libyan rebels regain key city after airstrikes," by National Public Radio

25 March 2011 "The women fighting, organising, feeding and healing Libya's revolution," by Sarah Birke, The National

25 March 2011 "Rwandans know why Gaddafi must be stopped," by President Paul Kagame

24 March 2011 "International Court expects Libyan prosecution," by Ben Hubbard, The Associated Press

21 March 2011 "Freed Times Journalists Gives Account of Captivity," by Jeremy W. Peters, The New York Times

21 March 2011 "UN Security Council Resolution 1973 (2011) on Libya"

17 March 2011 "Benghazi at risk of atrocities if retaken -- HRW," by Sara Webb, Reuters

17 March 2011 "UN council approves no-fly zone over Libya" by Louis Charbonneau and Patrick Worsnip, Reuters

15 March 2011 "Gaddafi forces seize key town, G8 stalls on no-fly, Warning of genocidal massacres," by Mohammed Abbas, Reuters

12 March 2011 "Gaddafi's army will kill half a million, warn Libyan rebels," by Chris McGreal, The Guardian

7 March 2011 "Libya War Traps Poor Immigrants at Tripoli's Edge," by David Kirkpatrick and Scott Sayare, The New York Times

6 March 2011 "Fearing God, Not Gaddafi: Libya's New Mujahedin," by Abigail Hauslohner, TIME

4 March 2011 "African workers in Libya flee as they are hunted down in Libya," by Ibter Press Service

2 September 2008 "Rice Should Press Tripoli to Improve Rights," by Human Rights Watch

2 March 2011 "World and press watch as Africans are lynched in Libya," by Farouk Martins Ares, Modern Ghana

28 February 2011 "Op-Ed: Libya and the Responsibility to Protect," by Irwin Cotler and Jared Genser, The New York Times

26 February 2011 "Security Council calls for War Crimes Inquiry in Libya," by Edward Wyatt, The New York Times

24 February 2011 "Open Letter to Ambassador Susan Rice," by Genocide Watch

24 February 2011 "Qaddafi strikes back as rebels close in on Libyan capital," by Kareem Fahim and David D. Kirkpatrick, The New York Times

23 February 2011 "Gadhafi's forces maintain their hold on Tripoli," by National Public Radio

21 February 2011 "Editorial: Moammar Gaddafi must pay for atrocities," by The Washington Post

5 September 2008 "Human rights in Libya must be on the agenda of discussions with US," by Amnesty International

 



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