(Beirut) - Libya's new nationality law granting women married to foreign spouses the right to pass their own nationality to their children is a significant move forward for women's rights, Human Rights Watch said today. But the law still contains some contradictory...
Tripoli - Two Jewishwomen currently living in Italy will be allowed to visit their families' old homes in Libya, the pan-Arab daily al-Hayat reported Thursday. The news came on the same week...
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BRUSSELS - Europe brushed aside on Wednesday Libyan leader Moamer Gathafi's five-billion-euro annual price tag for stemming illegal immigration, saying it can already do lots with far less cash. The European...
Brussels - There is 'great scope' for the European Union to cooperate with Libya on migration issues, but there is no need for the bloc to make multi-billion-euro handouts part of the package, EU officials in Brussels said Wednesday. Libya is one of the main routes that...
Libya released 37 Islamists, including a former driver of Osama bin Laden and members of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) on Tuesday. Wearing white traditional robes, the mostly young detainees were assembled in a tent put up in Tripoli's Abu Salim prison where...
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya freed 37 prisoners late on Tuesday, including at least one former detainee at the U.S. militaryprison at Guantanamo Bay, who had been jailed for links to radical Islamist groups but have since renounced violence. The prisoners were...
TRIPOLI (AFP) – Libya was set to free 37 Islamists on Tuesday, including a former driver of Osama bin Laden and members of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, according to the executive direction of the Kadhafi Foundation. "Thirty-seven Islamists are going to...