Reporters Without Borders Call for Full Investigation into Murders of Seven Journalists in Libya

Reporters Without Borders is extremely disturbed by the Tobruk-based government’s announcement yesterday that seven journalists who disappeared months ago – four Libyans, two Tunisians and an Egyptian – have been murdered by members of armed groups. The Tobruk-based government’s justice ministry said its information was based on the confession of five recently-arrested suspects. The four…

مراسلون بلا حدود: سبعة اغتيالات و37 عملية خطف لصحافيين في ليبيا

الجزائر – بوابة الوسط: عبد الرحمن اميني | الجمعة 13 فبراير 2015 تذيلت ليبيا الترتيب المغاربي في حرية الصحافة، وفق تقرير منظمة «مراسلون بلا حدود» للعام 2015، والذي رصد سبعة اغتيالات طالت رجال الإعلام في البلاد. وأبرزت منظمة «مراسلون بلا حدود» عبر موقعها الإلكتروني ومقرها في العاصمة الفرنسية باريس، أمس الخميس، الانتهاكات التي يتعرض لها…

Reporters Without Borders Condemns the Murder of Journalists in Libya

Woman journalist found with throat cut in southern Libya Reporters Without Borders is shocked to learn that Naseeb Miloud Karfana, a TV journalist based in the southern city of Sabha, was murdered on Thursday 29 May. Her body was found together with her fiancé’s in the city’s northern Al-Hay Al-Jadida district. Her throat had been…

RSF: More than 20 attacks on media and journalists since start of year

Reporters Without Borders is appalled by the constant threats and violence against Libyan journalists, who are being targeted with increasing frequency by the various armed groups operating in Libya. More than 20 acts of intimidation and physical attacks against media personnel have been registered since the start of 2014. Reporters Without Borders urges the Libyan…

Freedom of information in jeopardy

By Reporters Without Borders Reporters Without Borders is very worried by recent developments in Libya affecting the news media and journalists, and the constant physical danger to which they are exposed. The media environment has declined to the point that it poses a serious obstacle to the creation of a democratic state. One of the…

Court urged to dismiss charges against ailing newspaper editor

Reporters Without Borders urges a Tripoli court to dismiss the charges against Amara Hassan Abdallah Al-Khitabi, the editor of the newspaper Al-Umma, when the final hearing in his trial is held tomorrow. The court must also return his passport and rescind an order banning him from leaving the country. Khitabi is being tried because last…