Despite their role in the Arab uprisings, women still face marginalisation
Women in Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya, who were at the forefront of their countries’ revolutions, are still fighting for their rights to be realised.
Libyan security guards violently attack TV crew
Security guards in Tripoli attacked reporter Salah Abu Za’tar, cameraman Mus’ab Ali Al-Harari and driver Abdelfatah Mansour Mohammad Al-Danouni, breaking four of Danouni’s teeth and two of Harari’s teeth and leaving them with bruises and contusions.
Libyan freedom of assembly law imposes undue restrictions
Libyan and Arab human rights organizations are concerned that many aspects of the new law in Libya on the right to free assembly fail to uphold international human rights standards.
Libyan parliament passes new law regulating demonstrations
A new law passed by the Libyan Parliament requires that organisers request permission from and provide details to authorities before gathering to demonstrate.
Two TV journalists freed after negotiations
The intense negotiations for their release involved the National Transitional Council, the prime minister and many tribal elders.
Interior Ministry urged to reverse decision restricting right to peaceful demonstrations
Libyan citizens and organisations were instructed that they may not hold or participate in a demonstration without prior permission from the ministry.
Incoming government faces press freedom hurdles, says IPI
Journalists are calling on the government to pass and implement laws guaranteeing the media’s independence from government control.
Two TV cameramen abducted and held in Bani Walid
Abdelqader Fosouk and Youssuf Badi were reportedly kidnapped at around 5 p.m., as they were about to leave Bani Walid and return to Misrata in order to vote there before the polling stations closed.
Law restricting speech ruled unconstitutional
The presiding Judge declared a law that criminalised a variety of political speech unconstitutional, but added that the decision did not affect other pre-existing restrictions on speech, such as insulting Islam.
Authorities urged to revoke new draconian law
A new law banning insults against the people of Libya or its institutions, and prohibiting criticism of the country’s 2011 revolution and glorification of the deposed former leader Muammar Gaddafi, was passed on 2 May 2012.
Two British journalists freed following nearly four weeks’ detention
Nicholas Davies-Jones and Gareth Montgomery-Johnson, who work for Iran’s state-owned English-language TV station Press TV, appeared at a news conference held by the interior ministry in Tripoli and were then driven to the British embassy.
Militia urged to transfer journalists to state
The Saraya Swehli militia, commanded by Faraj Swehli, detained Nicholas Davies-Jones and Gareth Montgomery-Johnson, both British citizens, in Tripoli early on February 21, 2012, along with three Libyans.
New rule halts delivery of journalist visas
In a letter to Libyan Prime Minister Abdurrahim al-Keib, CPJ expressed concern about the difficulties that many foreign journalists have been experiencing in obtaining a visa to the country.
Six journalists still missing
The whereabouts of six Libyan journalists who have been missing for the past six months are still unknown.
ARTICLE 19 calls for freedom of expression to be protected in transitional constitutional charter
Provisions in the recently published Draft Constitutional Charter for the Transitional Stage do not fully guarantee the right to freedom of expression, says ARTICLE 19.
Four Italian journalists released after being held for 24 hours; two French journalists sustain gunshot wounds
The four journalists were abducted on the road between Zawiya and Tripoli. According to “La Stampa”, their Libyan driver was killed in front of them.