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The Tunisian government on Sunday extradited former Libyan prime minister Al Baghdadi Ali al-Mahmoudi to Libya to face trial for his alleged crimes against the Libyan people. Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali made the...

The Libyan Observatory for Human Rights (LOHR) on Friday condemned the killing of Judge Jumah Hasan al-Jazwi and blamed the National Transitional Council (NTC) for the killing. Al-Jazwi was shot on his way to a mosque Thursday....

Paraguay's Congress on Friday removed president Fernando Lugo from office after it found him guilty of mishandling armed clashes that took place last week during which 17 police and farmers were killed. The lower house of Congress voted 76-1...

A spokesperson for the Libyan government told reporters this week that the government has begun interrogations of the International Criminal Court (ICC) staff members detained in Libya. The Libyan government maintains that they have evidence some of...

The UN Security Council on Sunday demanded the immediate release of a group of four staff members from the International Criminal Court (ICC) detained in Libya earlier this month. The Security Council noted...

The presidents of two UN-backed courts this week joined the International Criminal Court (ICC) in calling for the immediate release of four staff members who were detained in Libya earlier this month. The Presidents of the International...

The Supreme Court of Libya on Thursday nullified a controversial law that criminalizes and punishes speech and propaganda endangering the security of the state or glorifying former leader Muammar Gaddafi [BBC obituary; JURIST news...

Three officials from the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the Australian ambassador to Libya were able to visit and assess the condition of the four detained ICC staff members on Tuesday, the Australian Minister of...

A spokesperson for the International Criminal Court (ICC) said Tuesday that the Libyan government has failed to explain why four ICC staff members are being detained, and their continued detention is a violation of international law. A...

The four International Criminal Court (ICC) staff members who are being held in Libya will remain in "preventative" detention for 45 days while an investigation is conducted, a anonymous judicial source told AFP on Monday. The...