The members of the Security Council expressed their strong support for Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Abdoulaye Bathily and his efforts to generate new momentum in Libya’s stalled political process and improve stability in the country. They welcomed the Special Representative of the Secretary-General’s extensive consultations with Libyan stakeholders and the international community. The members of the Security Council reiterated their strong support for the people of Libya to determine who governs them through elections and to ensure this legitimate demand is heard through the political process. The members of the Security Council committed to supporting inclusive intra-Libyan dialogue in this regard, aiming at, inter alia, forming a unified Libyan Government able to govern across the country and representing the whole of Libya’s people. The members of the Security Council noted that progress on the political process should be accompanied by constructive engagement in the economic and security tracks, as well as improvements in respect for human rights.

The members of the Security Council expressed their strong support for Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Abdoulaye Bathily and his efforts to generate new momentum in Libya’s stalled political process and improve stability in the country. They welcomed the Special Representative of the Secretary-General’s extensive consultations with Libyan stakeholders and the international community. The members of the Security Council reiterated their strong support for the people of Libya to determine who governs them through elections and to ensure this legitimate demand is heard through the political process. The members of the Security Council committed to supporting inclusive intra-Libyan dialogue in this regard, aiming at, inter alia, forming a unified Libyan Government able to govern across the country and representing the whole of Libya’s people. The members of the Security Council noted that progress on the political process should be accompanied by constructive engagement in the economic and security tracks, as well as improvements in respect for human rights.

Prosecutors said 14 people received lesser sentences in the case that involved a total of 33 defendants, state media reported on Tuesday. They said the ISIS members had resorted to “violence and armed operations in Sabratha and its surroundings”. ISIS and other armed groups proliferated in Libya after the fall of Muammar Qaddafi in a Nato-backed uprising that led to his removal and death in 2011. Analysts said divisions and rivalries between governments in the east and west had created an environment ripe for such armed groups to fester. Group trials against suspected ISIS members are also continuing in Libya, with the verdicts often resulting in death sentences.

UK charity, Muntada Aid has confirmed its flagship project, Little Hearts, is in Libya this month to help children with heart defects. It is the fourth time the Little Hearts team has visited Libya and in the three previous trips, the project has treated 153 children for various congenital heart defects. Little Hearts is Muntada Aid’s flagship project and was launched in April 2012. The charity provides free life-saving heart surgeries to children with congenital heart defects from underprivileged backgrounds irrespective of gender, race or religion. In poor underdeveloped countries, the lack of specialised medical infrastructure means babies born with congenital heart defects have little or no access to necessary treatment.

Libyan court sentences 17 former IS members to death for killing 53 people in SabrathaOn Monday, Libya’s Tripoli-based top prosecutor said that a Libyan court sentenced 17 former members of the Islamic State group to death. According to the statement by the country’s Tripoli-based top prosecutor, the death sentences were given out to those convicted of participating in the killing of 53 people in the western city of Sabratha and destruction of public property.

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TUNIS: Tunisian police have arrested former prime minister Ali Larayedh, his far-right Ennahdha party said Tuesday, accusing authorities of trying to divert attention from calls for President Kais Saied to quit. The arrest of the Ennahdha number two comes just days after nearly 90 percent of voters boycotted an election to a toothless new parliament established by Saied following his seizure of sweeping powers in 2021. Ennahdha, which like almost all Tunisian parties boycotted the vote, accused Saied’s government of “systematically targeting” its leadership. Chebbi’s National Salvation Front, which includes Ennahdha, had said the slim election turnout should be a cue for Saied to step down. But Saied hit back at his critics Monday, noting that some of them had criminal charges hanging over them, a veiled reference to investigations into Ennahdha officials.

The head of the National Movement Party, Mustafa al-Zaidi, called for a popular uprising to overthrow the government of Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, which he described as “lacking legitimacy.”The invitation is also addressed to the ministers of the Dbeibeh government to “get out of it so as not to be placed in a position of concealing its crimes,” said Al-Zaidi, who is considered one of the leading figures in the late Muammar Gaddafi’s regime. The Dbeibeh government faces widespread criticism and popular discontent after his government’s decision to extradite the Libyan citizen, Abu Agila Masoud Al-Marimi, to the United States, and to reopen the Lockerbie file, which was settled with Western countries during the Gaddafi era.

December 19, 2022A Libyan court sentenced 17 former Islamic State (IS) members to death on Monday on charges of joining the group and killing 53 people. The Tripoli-based top prosecutor issued a statement saying that these 17 former members were convicted of the death of 53 people and the destruction of public property while attacking “the state and social peace," The Associated Press reported. The statement added that another 16 militants were given lesser sentences, two with life in prison. The chaos that ensued left a power vacuum that was filled by different groups and a tangible power struggle. A UN report revealed that the Libyan armed conflict displaced hundreds of thousands of Libyans.

BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — A Libyan court sentenced 17 former members of the Islamic State group to death, a statement from the country's Tripoli-based top prosecutor said on Monday. The death sentences were given out to those convicted of participating in the killing of 53 people in the western city of Sabratha and destruction of public property, according to the statement. Another 16 militants were given prison sentences, two of them for life. The court did not specify when the sentences would be carried out. IS militants first seized Darna in 2014 and then later Sirte and areas surrounding the city of Sabratha.

The Libyan Justice Minister, Khaled Masoud, said Fathi Bashagha’s government is to form a team of lawyers to defend Abu Agila al-Marimi, who was extradited to the United States for alleged involvement in the 1988-Lockerbie bombing. The Minister added, in an interview with Sputnik, “Despite our full belief that this person is innocent and his name was not mentioned during the Lockerbie investigations, the government will form a team of lawyers to defend him.”He announced the Libyan government’s strong condemnation of what the US had done to arrest a Libyan person who enjoys all rights inside his country, and to detain him in this way and put him on trial without referring to the Libyan state. The Minister of Justice confirmed that the Lockerbie case was settled legally and with international auspices, and that there were no longer any obligations on the Libyan side. Masoud stated that the mandate of Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh government was expired, and what it had done (Marimi’s extradition) was contrary to international agreements, covenants and norms. He indicated that they are in the process of preparing a complete legal memorandum and referring it to Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha to address the competent authorities, and to empower the al-Marimi’s defense team.

(@ChaudhryMAli88)A number of countries and the UN mission have been involved in Libya's split between different political forces, Halid Saad, the Libyan Justice Minister of Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha's government, told Sputnik on Monday. BENGHAZI (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 19th December, 2022) A number of countries and the UN mission have been involved in Libya's split between different political forces, Halid Saad, the Libyan Justice Minister of Prime Minister Fathi Bashagha's government, told Sputnik on Monday. But I believe that the UN mission deviated from the right path in many issues concerning Libya's internal affairs," the minister added. Dbeibah was elected as interim prime minister in a UN-brokered vote in February 2021. In March, the eastern-based Libyan House of Representatives elected Bashagha as prime minister.

CAIRO - 19 December 2022: The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya Abdoulaye Bathily called on candidates for the Libyan presidential elections to agree on a unified proposal to break the prevailing stalemate within a specific time frame. “Today I met with a group of political figures from different parts of Libya who submitted their nomination for the presidential election that should have taken place last year,” Bathily tweeted. “I asked them to discuss among themselves and agree on a unified proposal to break the deadlock within a specific timeline. I encouraged them to consider the legal, constitutional and security aspects required to create a level playing field for successful elections.” He said. “The Libyan people are determined to see 2023 as the dawn of a new era for their nation,” Bathily added.

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