Libya: Amend Vetting Regulations for Candidates, Officials

Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) should amend regulations to eliminate vague and broad prohibitions on who may serve as a government official or become a candidate for election. Libya’s first national elections since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi are scheduled for June 2012. (New York) – Libya’s National Transitional Council (NTC) should amend regulations to eliminate vague and broad prohibitions on who may serve as a government official or become a candidate for election, Human Rights Watch said today. Libya’s first national elections since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi…

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