Libyan journalist Moussa Abdel Karim abducted and killed in Sabha
Moussa Abdel Karim, who worked for the Sabha-based newspaper Fasaniah, was abducted by criminal gangs on July 31, 2018, and was later murdered.
New rules put journalists’ lives in danger in Libya
RSF calls on Libya’s Government of National Accord to stop obstructing and endangering foreign journalists and Libyan journalists who work for international media.
Seven years after its revolution, Libya is losing its journalists
The crisis for press freedom in Libya has reached an unprecedented level seven years after the country’s revolution as journalists continue to flee the country.
Libyan writers, editors fear for their lives over newly published literary collection
The writers and editors included in the literary collection Sun on Closed Windows have received death threats, insults and have been the target of hate speech. Fearing for their lives, some are currently in hiding with their families.
Libyan activists face threats, harassment, attacks at hands of armed group
Militias and other armed groups with a ‘with-us-or-against-us’ mindset have gone after activists, bloggers, and media workers, driving many to flee the country and chilling speech for everyone else, said HRw. “The Government of National Accord should hold armed groups, especially those aligned with it, accountable.
Tunisian journalists missing in Libya reported killed
A Libyan detainee believed to be a member of the group said in an interview aired on Saturday on private channel Libya Al-Hadath that he had witnessed the execution of Sofiène Chourabi and Nadhir Ktari in the eastern port city of Derna in 2015.
Tunisian journalists missing in Libya reported killed
A Libyan detainee believed to be a member of the group said in an interview aired on Saturday on private channel Libya Al-Hadath that he had witnessed the execution of Sofiène Chourabi and Nadhir Ktari in the eastern port city of Derna in 2015.
Dutch photojournalist Jeroen Oerlemans killed in Libya
Dutch freelance photojournalist Jeroen Oerlemans was killed today in the Libyan city of Sirte while covering clashes between Islamic State fighters and forces loyal to the Libyan Army.
Dutch photojournalist Jeroen Oerlemans killed in Libya
Dutch freelance photojournalist Jeroen Oerlemans was killed today in the Libyan city of Sirte while covering clashes between Islamic State fighters and forces loyal to the Libyan Army.
Second Libyan photojournalist killed in a month
Death of Abdelqadir Fassouk is a reminder of terrible price journalists in Libya are paying to do their jobs.
Libyan journalists lack protection, face rising violence
The latest acts of violence against journalists in Libya include the murder of freelancer reporter Khaled Al Zantani by an ISIS sniper on 23 June in Benghazi.
Tunisian journalists missing in Libya: Seventeen months of radio silence
There has been no information about the fate of Sofiane Chourabi and Nadhir Ktari in the 17 months since their disappearance in eastern Libya while on assignment for Tunisia’s First TV.
Libyan militias responsible for 31 attacks on journalists in 2015
The Libyan state’s disintegration and the failure to punish those responsible for such crimes has created a climate of violence that is extremely dangerous for the right to information.
Libya moves towards abolishing criminal defamation laws
Libya has accepted 14 recommendations directly related to free expression, including the repeal of all laws which criminalise defamation, libel and slander, and a commitment to bring all restrictions on freedom of expression in line with the standards set out in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
One year on: Tunisian journalists still missing in Libya
Libyan President Beji Caied Essebssi agreed to a civil society proposal that the anniversary of their disappearance, 8 of September, should be celebrated in Tunisia as National Day for the Protection of Journalists.
Missing Tunisian journalists in Libya presumed dead
Officials from the internationally recognized Libyan government said in a statement on April 29, 2015, that two Tunisian journalists who had been missing in eastern Libya since September 2014 had been killed.