Libyan Protesters Storm, Set Fire To Parliament Building
(MENAFN- NewsIn.Asia)July 2 (BBC) – Protesters have stormed Libya's parliament in the eastern city of Tobruk and set fire to part of the building. For similar articles, join our Telegram channel for the latest updates. In the capital, Tripoli, where a rival administration holds sway, protesters called for elections. But the stability that led to its prosperity has been shattered and Tripoli has seen frequent fighting between rival forces. Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates from around the world
Source:Libya Today
July 03, 2022 06:44 UTC
Libyan protesters storm and set fire to parliament building in Tobruk – video
Protesters have stormed the parliament building in the eastern city of Tobruk, Libya. They are accusing the parliament of treason and stealing public funds, and broke into the building and set fire to parts of it as armed forces withdrew. Protests over chronic power cuts brought demonstrators onto the streets of several cities, as the demonstrators voice their anger at failures that have made life intolerable during the sweltering summer months.
Source:Libya Today
July 03, 2022 05:54 UTC
'Fragile Situation' As Libya Anger Boils Over Living Conditions
Libya's rival leaders were under growing street pressure Saturday after protesters stormed parliament as anger exploded over deteriorating living conditions and political deadlockTripoli, July 2 (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 2nd Jul, 2022 ) :Libya's rival leaders were under growing street pressure Saturday after protesters stormed parliament as anger exploded over deteriorating living conditions and political deadlock. Libya has been mired in chaos and repeated rounds of conflict since a NATO-backed uprising toppled and killed dictator Moamer Kadhafi in 2011. Protesters stormed the seat of the House of Representatives in the eastern city of Tobruk on Friday night, ransacking its offices and torching part of the building. UN-mediated talks in Geneva this week aimed at breaking the deadlock between rival Libyan institutions failed to resolve key differences. But voting never took place due to several contentious candidacies and deep disagreements over the polls' legal basis between the rival power centres in east and west.
Source:Libya Today
July 03, 2022 05:50 UTC
Unrest in Libya as protesters storm parliament building: 5 points
After more than a decade of turmoil, unrest intensified in Libya with little progress made at UN-mediated talks in Geneva earlier this week to reach an agreement on a constitutional framework for national elections. On Friday, protesters stormed the parliament building, triggering condemnation from the United Nations. Demonstrators broke into the building that houses the eastern Libya-based parliament in Tobruk and set fire to parts of it. As Friday was the first day of the weekend in Libya, the building was likely empty when parts of it were set ablaze, AP reported. The protests come a day after the leaders of the parliament and another legislative chamber based in Tripoli failed to reach an agreement on elections during UN-mediated talks in Geneva.
Source:Libya Today
July 03, 2022 05:16 UTC
UN Secretary-General warns against Libya’s destabilization
UN (Sputnik)-UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed concern over the protests in Libya and called for a peaceful demonstration, said Secretary-General spokesman Stephen Dujaric. Massive protests against the deteriorating living environment broke out in several major cities in Libya on Friday. “The Secretary-General is following up on concerns about demonstrations in several cities in Libya, including Tripoli, Tobruk and Benghazi on July 1,” Guterres said in a statement on Saturday. “Dujaric reiterated that Stephanie Williams, a special adviser to the United Nations and Libya’s Secretary-General, can act as an intermediary between Libya’s rival political forces to find a way out of the political impasse through electoral organizations. The Secretary-General is in deepening division and a continuing political impasse that is negatively impacting the country’s economy.
Source:Libya Today
July 03, 2022 04:29 UTC
‘Fragile situation’ in Libya amid violent protests
Libya has been mired in chaos and repeated rounds of conflict since a Nato-backed uprising toppled and killed dictator Moamer Kadhafi in 2011. UN’s top Libya envoy Stephanie Williams on Saturday said: “Riots and acts of vandalism” were “totally unacceptable”. Earlier this week, the UN-mediated talks in Geneva aimed at breaking the deadlock between rival Libyan institutions failed to resolve key differences. But voting never took place due to several contentious candidacies and deep disagreements over the polls’ legal basis between the rival power centres in east and west. In Tripoli, hundreds came out to demand elections, fresh political leadership and an end to the chronic power cuts.
Source:Libya Today
July 03, 2022 02:23 UTC
Libyan protesters storm, set fire to parliament building
Protesters setting fire to the Libyan parliament building in Tobruk after protests against the failure of the government on Friday –Reuters photoProtesters broke into Libya's parliament in Tobruk on Friday evening and set a fire in front of the building to express their anger towards Libya's warring political parties. According to a Reuters report published on Saturday, Libyan protesters has vowed to keep demonstrating until all the ruling elites quit power after rallies in most main cities on Friday culminated in a crowd storming the parliament building and torching parts of it. Scheduled national elections collapsed in December, leading rival political factions into a standoff over control of government that has pushed Libya back towards conflict while public services have deteriorated. Dbeibah said late on Friday that all Libya's political institutions should quit and hold elections, something most political leaders have said for years without making the compromises needed for a vote. Parliament speaker Aguila Saleh condemned "acts of sabotage" in the protesters' attack on the parliament building in Tobruk, saying it was punishable by law.
Source:Libya Today
July 02, 2022 23:57 UTC
‘Fragile situation’ as Libya anger boils over living conditions
Libya rival leaders were under growing street pressure Saturday after protesters stormed parliament as anger exploded over deteriorating living conditions and political deadlock. UN-mediated talks in Geneva this week aimed at breaking the deadlock between rival Libyan institutions failed to resolve key differences. But voting never took place due to several contentious candidacies and deep disagreements over the polls’ legal basis between the rival power centers in east and west. The European Union’s envoy to Libya, Jose Sabadell, said Friday’s events “confirm people want change through elections”. But he urged peaceful protests, adding that “special restraint is necessary given the fragile situation”.
Source:Libya Today
July 02, 2022 21:43 UTC
I’d get on a boat again, I had no choice: Refugees eye escape at any price
It has not held national elections since, its parliament and judiciary have no power and is ranked by Human Rights Watch as having one of the world’s worst human rights records. Sign for the transit centre in Gashora, Rwanda. Credit:Latika Bourke The UK has made much of the fact that Rwanda will welcome its unwanted migrants who arrive in Britain by boat, should their asylum claims prove invalid. Credit:Latika Bourke He declined to endorse or criticise the UK’s adoption of Australia’s approach, which while effective, has also been widely criticised for its human rights costs. The UK’s first deportation was held up by the European Court of Human Rights.
Source:Libya Today
July 02, 2022 19:02 UTC
Protests continue in various cities of Libya
Popular protests in various cities and regions of Libya continue for the second consecutive day but with less intensity. In Misrata, the demonstrators closed the town hall while roadblocks have appeared in Tripoli in the areas of Swani Bani Adam and Ghout Al Shaal, west of the capital. The Baltris youth movement, one of groups behind organizing the demonstrations, said in a statement that it will raise the demand ceiling and continue to mobilize people in all cities and streets of Libya. Baltris leaders met with members of the Libyan Presidential Council, stressing that the tripartite body does not have the tools and the power to change the state of affairs in the country.
Source:Libya Today
July 02, 2022 17:35 UTC
Libyan protesters storm, set fire to parliament building in Tobruk
The interim prime minister of the Tripoli-based government, Abdulhamid Dbeibah, meanwhile voiced support for the protesters' concernsProtesters set fire to the Libyan parliament building after protests against the failure of the government in Tobruk, Libya on July 1. "We want the lights to work," chanted protesters, some of whom were brandishing the green flags of the Kadhafi regime. The interim prime minister of the Tripoli-based government, Abdulhamid Dbeibah, meanwhile voiced support for the protesters' concerns in a Twitter message. But the vote was never held due to several contentious candidacies and deep disagreements over the polls' legal basis between the rival power centres. Demonstrators rallied in other cities on Friday including Tripoli, where protesters held up crossed-out images of both Dbeibah and Bashagha.
Source:Libya Today
July 02, 2022 16:30 UTC
UN condemns protesters' storming of Libya's parliament
Libya failed to hold elections in December, following challenges such as legal disputes, controversial presidential hopefuls and the presence of rogue militias and foreign fighters in the country. The failure to hold the vote was a major below to international efforts to bring peace to the Mediterranean nation. The protesters, frustrated from years of chaos and division, have called for the removal of the current political class and elections to be held. Libya has been wrecked by conflict since a NATO-backed uprising toppled and killed longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011. The country was then for years split between rival administrations in the east and west, each supported by different militias and foreign governments.
Source:Libya Today
July 02, 2022 12:03 UTC
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UN condemns protesters’ storming of Libya’s parliament
Libya failed to hold elections in December, following challenges such as legal disputes, controversial presidential hopefuls and the presence of rogue militias and foreign fighters in the country. The failure to hold the vote was a major below to international efforts to bring peace to the Mediterranean nation. The protesters, frustrated from years of chaos and division, have called for the removal of the current political class and elections to be held. Protesters also rallied on Saturday in Tripoli and several towns in western Libya, blocking roads and setting tires ablaze, according to livestreaming on social media. The country was then for years split between rival administrations in the east and west, each supported by different militias and foreign governments.
Source:Libya Today
July 02, 2022 11:57 UTC
Protesters storm Libya's eastern parliament building in Tobruk, local media reports
(CNN) Hundreds of people stormed Libya's eastern parliament building in the port city of Tobruk on Friday, according to local media reports, the latest in a string of clashes between groups supporting rivaling leaders. The country's interim Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibeh, the head of the UN-backed Government of National Unity (GNU), is based in Tripoli in the western part of Libya. The parliament building in Tobruk in the east of the country is the seat of a rival government led by Prime Minister Fathy Bashag. Libyan media, including LANA, the official news agency of the internationally recognized government, and Almarsad, a leading news outlet, reported that protesters entered the building in Tobruk on Friday. Several cities, including Tripoli, have witnessed demonstrations over deteriorating living conditions and calls for the dissolution of political bodies, the reports said.
Source:Libya Today
July 02, 2022 09:20 UTC
Libyan protesters storm, set fire to parliament in Tobruk
Political stalemate'Escalating quickly'TRIPOLI: Protesters stormed Libya 's parliament in the eastern city of Tobruk on Friday and set parts of it ablaze, venting their anger at deteriorating living conditions and months of political deadlock.Black smoke billowed as men burned tyres and torched cars after one protester had smashed through the compound's gate with a bulldozer and others attacked the walls with construction tools, local media reported.The building was empty, as Friday falls on the weekend in Libya.Libya's House of Representatives has been based in Tobruk, more than 1,000 kilometres (600 miles) east of the capital Tripoli , since an east-west schism in 2014 that came three years after a mass popular revolution toppled dictator Moamer Kadhafi .A separate legislature, formally known as the High Council of State, is based in Tripoli as the oil-rich North African country remains divided between rival administrations vying for control.Libya, sweltering in summer heat, has endured days of power cuts -- a situation worsened by the blockade of key oil facilities amid the entrenched political rivalries. "We want the lights to work," chanted protesters, some of whom were brandishing the green flags of the Kadhafi regime.The parliament condemned the "acts of vandalism and the burning" of its headquarters.The interim prime minister of the Tripoli-based government, Abdulhamid Dbeibah, meanwhile voiced support for the protesters' concerns in a Twitter message.The two governments have been vying for power in Libya for months: the one based in Tripoli, led by Dbeibah, and another headed by former interior minister Fathi Bashagha, appointed by the parliament and supported by eastern-based strongman Khalifa Haftar.Presidential and parliamentary elections, originally set for last December, were meant to cap a UN-led peace process following the end of the last major round of violence in 2020.But the vote was never held due to several contentious candidacies and deep disagreements over the polls' legal basis between the rival power centres.The United Nations said Thursday that talks between the rival Libyan institutions aimed at breaking the deadlock had failed to resolve key differences.Parliament speaker Aguila Saleh and High Council of State president Khaled al-Mishri met at the UN in Geneva for three days of talks to discuss a draft constitutional framework for elections.While some progress was made, it was not enough to move forward towards elections, with the two sides still at odds over who could stand in a presidential vote, said the UN's top Libya envoy Stephanie Williams.The prospect of elections appears as distant as ever since the parliament appointed Bashagha, arguing that Dbeibah's mandate had expired.After Bashagha failed to enter Tripoli in May, the rival administration has taken up office further east in Sirte, Kadhafi's coastal hometown.Recent weeks have seen repeated skirmishes between armed groups in Tripoli, prompting fears of a return to full-scale conflict.Demonstrators rallied in other cities on Friday including Tripoli, where protesters held up crossed-out images of both Dbeibah and Bashagha. "Popular protests have erupted across Libya in exasperation at a collapsing quality of life, the entire political class who manufactured it, and the UN who indulged them over delivering promised change," tweeted Tarek Megerisi of the European Council on Foreign Relations. "Things are escalating quickly and the response will define Libya's summer. "Libya's National Oil Corporation announced on Thursday losses of more than $3.5 billion from closures and declared force majeure on some sites, a measure freeing it of contractual obligations due to circumstances beyond its control.The NOC said output "dropped sharply" and exports had fallen to 365,000-409,000 barrels per day, a loss of 865,000 bpd compared with the average before April.Eastern-based strongman Haftar's forces control major oil facilities.A drop in gas production has contributed to Libya's chronic power cuts which can last around 12 hours a day.
Source:Libya Today
July 02, 2022 09:09 UTC