Libya
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- transitional government
- CONSTITUTION
- the National Transitional Council, recognized by the UN in September 2011 as the legitimate interim government, operates under a temporary constitution
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- N/A
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- in September 2011, the United Nations recognized the Libyan National Transitional Council (TNC) as the legitimate governing authority; the TNC established a new transitional government on November 22, 2011
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- N/A
RELIGIONS
97% Sunni, 3% other
From the country
- MARCH 17, 2002LibyaDEATH PENALTY
British relatives of the Lockerbie victims said that...
British relatives of the Lockerbie victims said that they believed judges jailed the wrong man
- FEBRUARY 25, 2002LibyaDEATH PENALTY
The International Secretariat of the World Organisation...
The International Secretariat of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) called for public intervention in the trial of five Bulgarian nurses and one doctor, one Palestinian and 9 Libyans, in Libya
- FEBRUARY 19, 2002LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International expressed concern at the death...
Amnesty International expressed concern at the death sentences announced on Saturday 16 February 2002 against two possible prisoners of conscience, Abdullah Ahmed Izzedin and Salem Abu Hanak
- FEBRUARY 17, 2002LibyaDEATH PENALTY
A Libyan People's Court ordered a new probe in the...
A Libyan People's Court ordered a new probe in the trial of six Bulgarian medics and a Palestinian doctor accused of deliberately infecting hundreds of children with HIV, a Bulgarian official said
- FEBRUARY 12, 2002LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Pasi and Libyan...
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Pasi and Libyan Foreign Minister Abd al-Rahman Muhammed Shalqam discussed the case of the six Bulgarian medics facing the death penalty in Libya on charges of deliberately infecting 393 Libyan children with the HIV virus
- JANUARY 1, 2002LibyaDEATH PENALTY
A large number of offenses, including political offenses...
A large number of offenses, including political offenses and "economic crimes," are punishable by death
- DECEMBER 22, 2001LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Tripoli People's Court postponed its verdict on six...
Tripoli People's Court postponed its verdict on six Bulgarian medics and a Palestinian doctor charged with deliberately infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the HIV virus to February 17, 2002 to complete the study of the case
- NOVEMBER 14, 2001LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Libyan leader Col Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi called on ousted...
Libyan leader Col Mu'ammar al-Qadhafi called on ousted Afghan President Borhanoddin Rabbani to rein in Northern Alliance troops in Kabul, the Libyan news agency Jana reported
- NOVEMBER 8, 2001LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Libya, a former state sponsor of terrorism, is backing...
Libya, a former state sponsor of terrorism, is backing the US-led war on terror and trying to free eight Western aid workers on trial for their lives in Afghanistan
- SEPTEMBER 22, 2001LibyaDEATH PENALTY
A Libyan court postponed until December 22 its ruling...
A Libyan court postponed until December 22 its ruling in a trial of Bulgarian medics and a Palestinian doctor charged with deliberately infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV, officials said
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2001LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Libya hasn't executed a death penalty in the last seven...
Libya hasn't executed a death penalty in the last seven years and this is indicative of a policy that is encouraging for the Bulgarian medics tried in Tripoli, National Assembly Chairman Ognyan Gerdzhikov, said in a meeting with the families of the medics
- AUGUST 2, 2001LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Bulgaria's justice minister said he feared that six...
Bulgaria's justice minister said he feared that six Bulgarian medics on trial in Libya for allegedly infecting hundreds of children with HIV could be sentenced to death if found guilty