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Libya:
Protect Civilians in Sirte Fighting - Human Rights Watch
HRW, 11 October 2011
Forces on both sides fighting in the Libyan city of Sirte should minimize harm to civilians and treat all prisoners humanely, Human Rights Watch said today. Fighters aligned with… Read more »
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Libya:
Govt Forces Tighten Grip on Gaddafi Hometown
RNW Africa, 9 October 2011
Forces of Libya's new regime on Sunday tightened their stranglehold on Moamer Kadhafi's hometown Sirte, seizing its university and edging closer to his diehards holed up in a… Read more »
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Libya:
Gaddafi Hometown Rocked by Street Fighting
RNW Africa, 7 October 2011
Moamer Kadhafi's besieged hometown of Sirte was rocked by heavy street fighting on Friday, as the ex-leader called on Libyans to turn out in their millions to demonstrate against… Read more »
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Libya:
Post-Gaddafi Libya Gets New Cabinet
The Moment, 4 October 2011
LIBYA'S transitional leaders named a new cabinet yesterday and said they would step down after the country is fully secured, putting an end to weeks of political infighting as the… Read more »
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Libya:
Civilians Flee Gaddafi's Hometown of Sirte
RNW Africa, 3 October 2011
Streams of civilians fled Moamer Kadhafi's besieged home town of Sirte as battles raged for control of the fugitive strongman's bastion where the Red Cross has warned of a medical… Read more »
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Libya:
War Drags On in Gaddafi Hometown
BuaNews, 2 October 2011
Fighters from Libya's ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) continued their battles on Saturday with the remnant forces of Muammar Gaddafi in Sirte, the fallen leader's… Read more »
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Libya:
Situation in Sirte "Dire" Says International Red Cross
RFI, 2 October 2011
The International Red Cross has warned of a medical emergency in the Libyan town of Sirte, the stronghold of former leader Moamer Kadhafi, after it entered the town on Saturday to… Read more »
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Libya:
Red Cross Sends Medical Help to Besieged City
ICRC, 1 October 2011
Today a team of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was finally able to enter Sirte, which has been under siege for weeks. Read more »
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Libya:
Winning The Peace Collectively
Chatham House, 29 September 2011
It is neither too early nor too flagrantly self-congratulatory for NATO to declare victory in the military phase of its recent foray into North Africa. Nevertheless, just as the… Read more »
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Libya:
Anti-Gaddafi Fighters Pounded in Fight for Sirte
RNW Africa, 28 September 2011
Anti-Kadhafi forces took heavy losses as they pushed Wednesday towards the ousted despot's compound in his birthplace Sirte, while also being beaten back in his other remaining… Read more »
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Libya:
Opposition Fighters Capture Port of Gaddafi's Hometown
RNW Africa, 27 September 2011
Anti-Kadhafi fighters overran the port of Sirte early Tuesday, scoring a strategic victory in their battle for control of the defeated Libyan leader's birthplace, his loyalists'… Read more »
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Libya:
Mass Grave Found in Tripoli
RFI, 26 September 2011
A mass grave containing the bodies of over 1,000 prisoners killed by security forces in a 1996 massacre has been found, according to officials of Libya's new government. Read more »
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Libya:
1,700 Slain Prisoners Found in Mass Grave
RNW Africa, 26 September 2011
Libya's new rulers said they have unearthed a mass grave of 1,700 prisoners slain by Moamer Kadhafi's regime in a 1996 uprising, a massacre that helped trigger the revolt that… Read more »
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Libya:
Use Forensic Experts to Exhume Prison Grave, Says Rights Group
HRW, 26 September 2011
The mass grave reportedly found in Tripoli with the remains of an estimated 1,200 prisoners from the 1996 Abu Salim prison massacre should not be exhumed until a proper forensic… Read more »
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Libya:
Govt Fighters Attack Gaddafi's Home Town
RFI, 24 September 2011
Fighters for Libya's interim rulers entered Moamer Kadhafi's hometown Sirte on Saturday, as a number of explosions rocked Tripoli and the new rulers said a government will be… Read more »
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Libya:
Halt Exhumations of Mass Graves - Forensic Experts Needed to Identify Remains, Secure Evidence
HRW, 22 September 2011
Libya's ruling National Transitional Council (NTC) should place an immediate moratorium on the exhumation of mass graves until forensic experts are available to support the… Read more »
