Libya - Libya extends draconian Gaddafi-era legislation

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is very disturbed by legislative provisions that Libya's provisional parliament, the General National Congress (GNC), has passed in the run-up to tomorrow's election for a 60-member constituent assembly. An amendment to the penal code approved on 5 February bodes ill for the drafting of a constitution that respects freedoms and Libya's international obligations. The new “free” Libya seems further than ever from the principles of freedom that were nonetheless guaranteed (...)

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