Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Libyan Centre for Freedom of Press (LCFP) have signed a partnership agreement on cooperating to promote the freedom to inform in Libya. Under the agreement signed on 26 July, RSF and LCFP will work together to promote journalistic freedom, pluralism and independence and to protect journalists. The partnership will […]
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Press Freedom Index: Libya Languishes at Bottom of Table
By John Lee. Libya has risen just one place to rank 163rd out of 180 countries in the World Press Freedom Index for 2017. The result puts Libya behind countries such as Egypt and Iraq, but ahead of Iran and Bahrain. First place went to Norway, with North Korea coming last. Reporters Without Borders (RWB, […]
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RSF decries Closure of two Radio Stations in Libya
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the arbitrary closure of two radio stations in the past few days in Libya – Al Wassat in the eastern part of the country and the local radio station in the western city of Gharyan. In a post on social media on 27 February, Al Wassat media group chairman Mahmud […]
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RSF asks GNA to Protect journalists
Reporters Without Borders (RWB, RSF) has said it condemns the latest acts of violence against journalists in Libya including freelance reporter Khaled Al Zantani’s murder by an Islamic State sniper on 23 June in Benghazi: Zentani was killed by a single shot while covering clashes in the western part of the city between IS fighters […]
Journalist Jailed for Defamation
A Tripoli court has sentenced the editor-in-chief of the private Al-Ummah [Al-Umma] newspaper to five years in jail, after the publication of a list of the names of 87 judges and prosecutors he claimed were corrupt. Amara Abdallah al-Khitabi [Omar Khatabi], 68, was sentenced in abstentia and fined 250,000 Libyan dinars ($210,000) for defamation and […]
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Libya "Still Extremely Dangerous for Journalists"
From Reporters Without Borders. Libya’s journalists are still among the leading victims of the political turmoil and violence that have been a constant ever since Col. Gaddafi’s overthrow in the 2011 revolution. Armed clashes are continuing despite an attempt by the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) to broker a ceasefire and talks between […]
Concern about Journalists Missing in Libya
Reporters Without Borders (RWB) is very concerned about the fate of Tunisian journalists Sofiène Chourabi and Nadhir Ktari, who went missing near Ajdabiya, in eastern Libya, on 8 September and were apparently abducted. RWB calls for their immediate release. Chourabi is the host and producer of the programme “Dossiyates” for Tunisia’s First TV. He and […]
News Providers Targeted in Libya
From Reporters Without Borders. For the past month, Libya has been in the grip of some of the worst violence since the 17 February 2011 revolution which led to the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi. There have been many civilian casualties and those working in the media have not been spared. Since July 13, violent armed […]