World News: Political News
The Military Committee agrees to open coastal road and withdraw foreign fighters.
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Sirt, 12 November, 2020 (Lana) The Joint Military Committee (5+5) agreed at the end of its meetings at its permanent headquarters in Sirt on Thursday to open the coastal road and remove mercenaries and foreign fighters from the lines of contact. Salim Raad, head of the security reform sector at the UN mission in Libya, said at a press conference in the presence of the committee members that the military Committee had set two phases to implement its agreements, including opening the coastal road and securing the movement of civilians, and the second to remove all mercenaries... Read more
The Electoral Commission is discussing cooperation with the Netherlands.
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Tripoli, November 12, 2020 (Lana) President of the High National Elections Commission (HNEC) Imad Al-Sayeh discussed with The Netherlands Ambassador to Libya Lars Toomer plans for future international support for the Commission to implement the upcoming electoral eligibility. He made the announcement at a meeting Thursday at the Office of the HNEC's Board of Commissioners in the presence of the commission's board members Abdul Hakim al-Shaab and Abu Bakr Ali. The meeting reviewed HNEC preparations for the upcoming electoral eligibility and the challenges that could face the... Read more
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Mohamed Qanono questions UNSMIL, saying 'we do not accept negotiations under rifle bayonets and air defenses of mercenaries'. TRIPOLI, 12 November, 2020 (Lana) The Libyan army spokesperson, Colonel Mohamed Qanono has warned the UN Support Mission in Libya that what is happening so far in the meetings of the Military Commission (5+5) is not aimed at a permanent ceasefire. Colonel "Qanono" attributed his warning to several points or questions he posed to UNSMIL and said that they are very important: . First: - Why does the plane of the Military delegation of the Government of... Read more
The Ministry of Justice announces hand over of a body found in the Tarhuna cemetery to its family.
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Tripoli, 12 November, 2020 (Lana) -- The Ministry of Justice announced Thursday that the body that had been found in a mass grave in Tarhuna was handed over to its family. The ministry explained in a post on its website that the body belonged to the citizen "Ayad Emaar Salem al-Da'i" and was found in a cemetery and was handed over today to its relatives at the headquarters of the Forensic Medicine in Tripoli after being identified through the clothes and markings of the body and the necessary sampling. It added that the process of handing over the body was carried out by the... Read more
EU Mission in Libya Condemns Assassination of Lawyer and Human Rights Activist Hanan Al Bar'asi.
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Tripoli, 12 November 2020(Lana) The EU Mission in Libya has condemned the assassination of Lawyer and Human Rights Activist Hanan Al Bar'asi in Benghazi on Tuesday, calling on Libyan authorities to open a credible enquiry into the crime and to bring perpetrators to justice. 'The assassination of Al Ba'asi aims to stifle independent voices an threatens the peace process and efforts to restore stability in the country, the Mission said in a statement. The EU stands alongside the majority of Libyans rejecting violence and terror and opposed to human rights violations and ... Read more