Libya

2010

  

Libya Press, under harassment, shuts down in Tripoli

New York, December 9, 2010–Authorities in Libya must ensure the safety of Libya Press reporters and stop harassing the private news agency, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. CPJ is alarmed by the agency’s decision to shut down its Tripoli office and leave Libya because security officials have said they “do not want any…

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Attacks on the Press 2009: Libya

Top Developments•  Regime pursues defamation cases in Morocco and other countries.•  Qaddafi nationalizes the nation’s sole private television station. Key Statistic 3: Moroccan newspaper ordered to pay damages for “injuring the dignity” of Col. Muammar Qaddafi. Col. Muammar Qaddafi marked in September the 40th anniversary of the coup that brought him to power and led to the…

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2010