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The trial against 41 Libyans accused of assisting Muammar Gaddafi in suppressing the revolt during the Libya conflict was postponed Sunday after a brief start, according to the Libyan news agency LANA....

Headaches at The Hague: The Trial of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi

In response to international criticism the Libya Ministry of Justice announced on Sunday that it will be commandeering "makeshift prisons" around the country to prevent further prisoner torture. Deputy Minister Khalifa Ashour acknowledged that primarily loyalists to former dictator...

Amnesty International (AI) Thursday reported the recent deaths of several Libyan detainees who were apparently tortured while in custody . The deaths come amid allegations of widespread torture and ill-treatment of detainees accused of being pro-Gaddafi...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay addressed the UN Security Council Wednesday, expressing concern over alleged current human rights violations in Libya. Pillay first noted that the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) ...

Mali signed an agreement Friday with the International Criminal Court (ICC) to become the first African country to agree to enforce the ICC's sentences of imprisonment. Article 103 of the Rome Statute , which governs...

The Tunisian League for the Defense of Human Rights, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch (HRW) and 12 other human rights groups issued a statement on Friday urging the government of Tunisia not to extradite former Libyan prime...

The Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) published a draft law Monday establishing guidelines for the election of the assembly that will create Libya's new constitution. The law would ban any former members...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday urged the Libyan government to find a way, amid security concerns, to grant access to a lawyer to Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of deceased former dictator Muammar Gaddafi...

International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Thursday urged international cooperation in executing arrest warrants for suspects accused in the Darfur conflict . Presenting his report to the UN Security...