Attorney General evaluates first results of review into Libyan citizen’s civil status, auditing residence records and births, deaths and marriage registration

The soundness of Libya’s civil registry and the right to Libyan nationality is a very contentious subject. Since the February 2011 revolution that ended the 42-year Qaddafi regime, there have been accusations that the civil registry has been corrupted for personal or political gain. He would not offer an estimated figure but said that they are nowhere near the one million fake National ID Numbers alleged. In April 2017, the acting head of the Tripoli Civil Registry Authority (CRA), Khalid Bibas, was seized and held for two days. They said it was trying to use him to gain access to the country’s civil registry database.