| 5,640,921 |
32.11766 |
20.12928 |
Libya |
|
Ezzat Hakim Attallah, an Egyptian Christian jailed in Libya has been tortured to death in custody, an Egyptian human rights lawyer told AFP in Cairo on Monday. Another Egyptian alleged that during four days of detention coptic christians were flogged, forced to take off their clothes in cold weather and stand at 3 a.m. outdoors on floor covered with stones. He claimed Libya Shield One, a militia from Benghazi, was involved. |
| 5,640,924 |
32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
|
Scores of women have protested in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, against a UN draft document to end violence against women, saying some of its provisions violate Islamic tradition and principles of shari'ah, Meanwhile, Libyan female activists gathered outside the cabinet office to demand boosting of women's rights and prevention of violence against them, in an indication that they support the UN declaration, according to Al-Jazeera. |
| 5,640,928 |
32.11766 |
20.12928 |
Libya |
|
Witnesses say that unidentified assailants torched a church used by Egyptian Christians in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi on Thursday, a week after scores of Christians were detained and reportedly abused by militias there for alleged proselytization |
| 5,640,932 |
32.37535 |
15.09254 |
Libya |
|
Security forces at a checkpoint in the city of Misrata stopped cars and asked passengers if they are Muslims or Christians and four Egyptian Christians were arrested at that checkpoint without charges. |
| 5,640,936 |
32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
|
The Health Minister, Nurideen Doghman, inspected Tripoli Childrens Hospital in Shara Omar Mukhtar this morning, Saturday after it was hit yesterday evening by an RPG .A woman who was at the hospitals Unit B with her child was injured in the attack. There was some physical damage to the building but there was no need to evacuate the building. |
| 5,640,940 |
31.20892 |
16.58866 |
Libya |
|
A video of Islamists whipping young men has caused outrage in Libya, with the prime minister threatening Sunday (March 17th) to "severely punish" those responsible, AFP reported. |
| 5,640,943 |
32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
|
Scores of Libyans gathered in Tripoli's Martyrs' Square on Tuesday (March 19th) to voice anger over Ali Zidan's government.The protestors from the High Council of Revolutionaries then proceeded to the cabinet headquarters, where some wrote slogans on its walls demanding the ouster of the prime minister. |
| 5,640,946 |
32.8925 |
13.18 |
Libya |
|
Libya's Air Defence Force has launched drone surveillance operations for the first time to protect the country's airspace and borders while stressing they are for defensive purposes only |
| 5,640,950 |
32.01457 |
15.11255 |
Libya |
|
An international rights group is urging the Libyan government to halt what it describes as "systematic destruction" of a town whose residents had backed Moammar Gadhafi during the country's civil war. Recent satellite images show "arson and targeted demolitions" of Tawergha. The New York-based group says this is intended to prevent residents from coming back. |
| 5,640,954 |
30.9522 |
20.12022 |
Libya |
|
Production at two Libyan oilfields has been disrupted by fresh clashes between armed men and a group belonging to the Libyan army, Al-Jazeera reported quoting a military official on 21 March. The spokesman for Libya's Border Guard said operations at Zuwaytina [also known as Zueitina] and Al-Ghani oilfields, southeast of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, came to a halt due to the clashes and members of staff were taken to a safe place. |
