Giulietta Boukhobza speaks on Libya’s Jewish community at Slifka Center event
Giulietta Boukhobza, a refugee from Libya, met with Yale students at the Slifka Center to recount her family’s forced exodus from Libya and impart advice for the younger Jewish generation. She emphasized that her experiences were not unique and that they were lived by thousands of other Jewish people who confronted ethnic cleansing in the Arab world during the mid-1900s. The Six-Day War was a “boiling point for simmering persecution” against Jewish Libyans, Baker-Butler added. Like many other Jewish children in Libya, attending Arab schools was not an option for her. In the streets, she watched as men sexually harrassed Jewish women who chose not to comply with standards of clothing.
Source:Libya Today
December 05, 2022 06:46 UTC
Libya’s Dbeibeh greets UN urge for holding elections
(MENAFN) Chief of Tripoli-based unity government Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh on Sunday greeted a phone discussion by the UN ambassador to Libya for hosting votes in the nation. Dbeibeh stated in a publish a tweet on his user at Twitter that "I welcome the statement of the Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, Abdoulaye Bathily, in which he urged all the relevant parties to achieve what he described as the "sole purpose" to go for elections." On Saturday, Bathily urged that "on political actors to accelerate discussions on the way forward in the political process, and to create the conditions for the holding of free and fair elections." On Wednesday, Libyan Parliament representative Agila Saleh stated that there is a signed agreement among the East Libya-located assembly as well as the Tripoli-located High Council of State, which preform as a senate, on the improvement of the nation’s sovereign institutions. MENAFN04122022000045014228ID1105264977
Source:Libya Today
December 05, 2022 00:12 UTC
PC President, French Ambassador discuss Libya’s political developments
President of the Libyan Presidential Council (PC), Mohamed al-Menfi, received Sunday in Tripoli French Ambassador to Libya, Mustafa al-Mahraj. The meeting dealt with developments of the political situation in Libya, and the national and international efforts that France contributes to to reach political stability that leads to parliamentary and presidential elections, according to PC Media Office. French ambassador praised the role played by the Presidential Council to get out of the current crisis, stressing the continuation of France’s efforts to achieve stability, pointing out that it will play a positive role in the stability of Libya to reach a political agreement that paves the way for holding elections according to a constitutional basis, the results of which are approved by all political parties, said the Media Office.
Source:Libya Today
December 04, 2022 22:53 UTC
CBL Governor, Parliament members discuss public spending and 2023 budget
The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) Governor, Siddiq al-Kabir, met Sunday with members of the Planning and General Budget Committee of the Parliament. The meeting discussed four issues: public spending, budget for next year, status of commercial banks, and completion of infrastructure projects, according to CBL. The Parliament committee was headed by Omar Tantoush, with the membership of Amer Omran, Abdel Moneim Balkour, Muhammad Al-Fuwairis and Khalifa Al-Daghari.
Source:Libya Today
December 04, 2022 18:39 UTC
Former deputy CBL governor denies accusations of corruption
Former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), Ali al-Hibri, has denied accusations of corruption made by the House of Representatives against the Stabilization Committee of Benghazi and Derna. In a lengthy letter released today, Al-Hibri responded to the parliament’s reports that led to his dismissal, saying that most of the notes reveal the extent of incorrect “fabrications and allegations” by listing inaccurate and misleading information. “The inaccurate remarks sought to discredit the stabilization committees without being based on realistic justifications,” he added.
Source:Libya Today
December 04, 2022 13:24 UTC
Menfi holds talks with UN envoy to Libya
The Chairman of Libya’s Presidential Council, Mohamed al-Menfi, held talks on Saturday with U.N. Special Envoy Abdoulaye Bathily. According to a statement by the council, Menfi renewed his support for the efforts of the U.N. envoy, and “the steps he is taking to complete the implementation of the provisions of the road map.”For his part, Bathily reaffirmed his commitment to the road map emanating from the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) “as a ground for moving towards achieving political consensus in Libya” .
Source:Libya Today
December 04, 2022 12:25 UTC
50 HCS members call for a hierarchy as a basis for negotiating with HoR
A group of 50 members of the High Council of State (HCS) have called on the Council's presidency to set a hierarchy as a basis for negotiating with the House of Representatives (HoR), as they demanded the issue be placed at the top of the agenda and put for a vote on Monday's session. In a statement, the group underscored that the constitutional rule should be adopted by consensus between the two chambers and emphasized the need for the two sides to agree on the election law and set a timeline for implementation. The agreement with the House of Representatives on a presidential council and a government of technocrats must be limited in number and program, provided it adheres to the constitutional norm with respect to the election schedule, the statement read. Sovereign positions were among the four-point statement by the 50 HCS members, as they demanded the issue be agreed upon between the two chambers. Earlier in the day, 24 members of the HCS submitted a proposal to the head of the UN mission in Libya calling for holding a joint session between the HoR and the HCS to adopt a constitutional basis ahead of possible elections.
Source:Libya Observer
December 04, 2022 12:02 UTC
Greece Complains to UN Over Turkey-Libya Seas Deal
PoliticsATHENS – Greece has submitted a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres outlining the background of the illegal Turkish-Libyan memorandum. The Permanent Representative of Greece to the UN, Maria Theofili, underlined in the letter that “Greece maintains all its rights under international law and calls on Libya and Turkey to respect the sovereign rights of Greece and to refrain from any move that may violate these rights and destabilizes peace and security in the region.”The letter that was delivered to Guterres on November 17, noted that Greece rejects the new Turkish-Libyan memorandum in the field of hydrocarbons, which is described as “violating the sovereign rights of Greece, is a violation of international law and a deliberate escalation that undermines stability in the region.”Theofili recalls Greece’s self-evident rights (ipso facto and ab initio) in the region, as they are based, among other things, on the agreement demarcating Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) with Egypt. In the letter it is also underlined that the Tripoli government has no right to proceed with agreementsThe new Turkish-Libyan memorandum is in complete contradiction with the 2020 Road Map for the resolution of the Libyan conflict, according to which the foreign policy of the Libyan state should be conducted “in a way that preserves the friendly and peaceful relations with regional and international partners and in accordance with the rules of good neighborliness and mutual interests,” the letter noted. Based on this specific provision, but also the previous Turkish-Libyan memorandum, the permanent representative of Greece states in the letter that “an agreement on cooperation in the field of hydrocarbons clearly falls within the framework of agreements whose executive authority is excluded from the their completion.”
Source:Libya Today
December 04, 2022 11:05 UTC
Piyush Goyal to be the chief guest at ‘Millets-Smart Nutritive Food’ conclave
Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal will be the Chief Guest at the ‘Millets-Smart Nutritive Food’ Conclave to be held in New Delhi tomorrow (05 December 2022, Monday). At the Conclave, exhibition and B2B meeting will also be organized to showcase Indian millets and millet-based products. Minister of State for Commerce & Industry Anupriya Patel will be the Guest of Honour at the Millets Conclave. At the first-of-its-kind Millets Conclave, the government will release e-catalogue on 30 potential importing countries and 21 millet producing states of India. India recorded 27 percent growth in millet production in 2021-22 as compared to millet production in the previous year was 15.92 MMT.
Source:Libya Today
December 04, 2022 10:14 UTC
Human Rights Watch: ICC reignites hope for long-delayed justice in Libya
A visit to Libya by the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor has reignited hope for long-delayed justice for the victims of a militia that controlled a town during the 2019-2020 battle for Tripoli, the capital, Human Rights Watch said on Sunday. “If the Libyan authorities cannot bring a measure of domestic accountability for the horrors against the people of Tarhouna, then the ICC prosecutor should investigate the crimes that fall within the court’s jurisdiction,” said Hanan Salah, associate director at Human Rights Watch. “Relatives of the hundreds who were arbitrarily detained and tortured, or disappeared and later found in mass graves are still waiting for justice.”In November 2022, the ICC prosecutor, Karim Khan, conducted an official mission to Libya. In Tarhouna, he visited prisons previously operated by an armed group known as al-Kaniyat and the sites of mass graves, and met with families of victims of abuses attributed to al-Kaniyat. The United States, in November 2020, sanctioned Mohamed al-Kani and al-Kaniyat militia under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act for the “killing of civilians, torture, forced disappearances, and displacement of civilians.” Mohamed and Abdulrahim al-Kani are both subject to sanctions by the European Union, since March 2021, for “extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances between 2015 and June 2020 in Tarhouna.” The United Kingdom, in May 2021, also sanctioned al-Kaniyat militia and their leaders Mohamed and Abdulrahim al-Kani for “enforced disappearances, torture, and the killing of civilians in Libya.”“Justice for victims in Tarhouna remains elusive as Libyan authorities struggle to gain custody over those responsible for these crimes,” Salah said.
Source:Libya Today
December 04, 2022 08:26 UTC
ICC Reignites Hope for Long-Delayed Justice in Libya
Human Rights WatchA visit to Libya by the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor has reignited hope for long-delayed justice for the victims of a militia that controlled a town during the 2019-2020 battle for Tripoli, the capital, Human Rights Watch said today. “Relatives of the hundreds who were arbitrarily detained and tortured, or disappeared and later found in mass graves are still waiting for justice.”The ICC has jurisdiction over war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide committed in Libya since February 15, 2011. In November 2022, the ICC prosecutor, Karim Khan, conducted an official mission to Libya. Detainees are held in prolonged pre-charge and pre-trial detention, often without access to lawyers or family visits. He said he was held for 10 days at the “Water Factory,” where detainees were held in five tiny box-like cells.
Source:Libya Today
December 04, 2022 05:04 UTC
Russia rejects $60-a-barrel cap on its oil; warns of cutoffs
By JAMEY KEATENRussian authorities rejected a price cap on the country's oil set by Ukraine’s Western supporters and threatened Saturday to stop supplying the nations that endorsed it. Australia, Britain, Canada, Japan, the United States and the 27-nation European Union agreed Friday to cap what they would pay for Russian oil at $60-per-barrel. The limit is set to take effect Monday, along with an EU embargo on Russian oil shipped by sea. “From this year, Europe will live without Russian oil," Ulyanov tweeted. Russian forces pulled back to the river's eastern bank last month.
Source:Libya Today
December 04, 2022 03:48 UTC
Reclaiming a lost half-century in Libya
Reclaiming a lost half-century in LibyaHafed Al-GhwellLibya's former President Gaddafi listens to national anthems at Bab Azizia Palace in Tripoli. What does a “Libyan state” even look like? That long pre-2011 era did nothing to etch out and formalize the foundations on which a future, stable Libyan state could establish itself regardless of who held power, or even how. Thus, by elevating the local, Libyan municipalities, local councils, community organizations or some other sub-national authorities are better able to temporarily assume the functions of a weak and mostly inept centralized authority. A number of these initiatives include budding efforts at improving local governance as well as engaging civil society’s vast array of complementary expertise and lived experiences to better support overwhelmed municipalities.
Source:Libya Today
December 03, 2022 23:09 UTC
'Returning home from Libya, I was so scared of my family's judgment'
Her time in Libya nevertheless turned out to be a "true nightmare", pushing her to turn back. I was afraid to stay in this country, so I continued to the coast, in Sabratha, to travel by sea. Someone forgot about me, and my sister left without me. I left Libya on October 18, 2018. I was so scared of my family's judgment.
Source:Libya Today
December 03, 2022 18:06 UTC
Greece decries Turkey-Libya deal at UN
Greece has submitted a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres outlining the background of the illegal Turkish-Libyan memorandum. The Permanent Representative of Greece to the UN, Maria Theofili, underlined in the letter that “Greece maintains all its rights under international law and calls on Libya and Turkey to respect the sovereign rights of Greece and to refrain from any move that may violate these rights and destabilizes peace and security in the region.”The letter that was delivered to Guterres on November 17, noted that Greece rejects the new Turkish-Libyan memorandum in the field of hydrocarbons, which is described as “violating the sovereign rights of Greece, is a violation of international law and a deliberate escalation that undermines stability in the region.”Theofili recalls Greece’s self-evident rights (ipso facto and ab initio) in the region, as they are based, among other things, on the agreement demarcating Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) with Egypt. The new Turkish-Libyan memorandum is in complete contradiction with the 2020 Road Map for the resolution of the Libyan conflict, according to which the foreign policy of the Libyan state should be conducted “in a way that preserves the friendly and peaceful relations with regional and international partners and in accordance with the rules of good neighborliness and mutual interests,” the letter noted. Based on this specific provision, but also the previous Turkish-Libyan memorandum, the permanent representative of Greece states in the letter that “an agreement on cooperation in the field of hydrocarbons clearly falls within the framework of agreements whose executive authority is excluded from the their completion.”
Source:Libya Today
December 03, 2022 13:17 UTC