Media practitioners in Libya say they are witnessing an increase in censorship. A decade after the overthrow of longtime leader, Moammar Gadhafi, journalists in the North African country say they still face threats to their lives and intimidation. A radio journalist, Nahla Tarhouni told AFP, ‘’ the state of the press reflects the state of the country’’. Scores of journalists, from both Libyan and foreign media, have been attacked or kidnapped by militias, with no recourse to justice. Among them were Tunisian journalists Sofiene Chourabi and Nadhir Ktari, who disappeared in the Ajdabiya region of eastern Libya in 2014.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 23, 2021 13:07 UTC