Libya must ensure proper investigation after prominent lawyer shot dead

Headline Title: Libya must ensure proper investigation after prominent lawyer shot dead 26 June 2014 The Libyan authorities must ensure that yesterday’s killing of a leading human rights activist in Benghazi is properly investigated and that those responsible are brought to justice, Amnesty International said. Salwa Bugaighis, a lawyer who played a prominent role in organizing protests at the start of the uprising that overthrew Mu’ammar al-Gaddafi in 2011, was shot dead at her home in Benghazi by unknown assailants on the day Libyans voted for a new parliament.“The shocking,…

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