Libya: Revoke Draconian New Law

press release

Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) should immediately revoke a new law that bans insults against the people of Libya or its institutions, Human Rights Watch said today. The law also prohibits criticism of the country's 2011 revolution and glorification of the deposed former leader Muammar Gaddafi.

The law violates Libya's provisional constitutional covenant and international human rights law, both of which guarantee free speech, Human Rights Watch said.

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