Libya: No Free Elections in Current Climate

Expand A woman votes at a polling station inside a school in Tripoli, Libya, June 25, 2014.  © 2014 Reuters (Geneva) – The United Nations should urge the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord and competing authorities in eastern Libya to create conditions conducive to a free and fair vote before rushing to hold general elections in 2018, Human Rights Watch said today. For elections to be free and fair, they need to be held in an environment free of coercion, discrimination, or intimidation of voters, candidates, and political parties, Human Rights Watch said. Three key elements should…

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