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
- JULY 2, 2001LibyaDEATH PENALTY
The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the Nigerian...
The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the Nigerian government was using all diplomatic channels to plead for clemency for four Nigerians sentenced to death in Libya
- MAY 21, 2001LibyaDEATH PENALTY
A Tripoli court sentenced seven people to death for...
A Tripoli court sentenced seven people to death for their involvement in last year's bloody riots that Libyan officials said were part of a plot aimed at derailing Muammar Gaddafi's African unity drive
- APRIL 27, 2001LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Mr Ngwakosi [phonetic] and Mr Mafuta [phonetic] were...
Mr Ngwakosi [phonetic] and Mr Mafuta [phonetic] were sentenced to death by a criminal court after being convicted of assassinating the Libyan ambassador to Central African Republic
- APRIL 25, 2001LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Speaking at the UN Commission on Human Rights during...
Speaking at the UN Commission on Human Rights during the vote on the resolution on the death penalty, a representative of Libya called for a roll-call vote on L
- JANUARY 1, 2001LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Premeditated murder, treason and offenses against the...
Premeditated murder, treason and offenses against the State are capital crimes
- OCTOBER 7, 2000LibyaDEATH PENALTY
A Libyan court postponed the trial of the six Bulgarian...
A Libyan court postponed the trial of the six Bulgarian medics to November 4, 2000
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2000LibyaDEATH PENALTY
A Libyan court postponed until October 7 the trial...
A Libyan court postponed until October 7 the trial of the six Bulgarian after a request by Libyan and Bulgarian defence attorneys for more time to prepare and study the 1,600-page indictment
- JUNE 30, 2000LibyaDEATH PENALTY
The Libyan government rejected allegations that the...
The Libyan government rejected allegations that the Bulgarian medics had been tortured in prison
- JUNE 4, 2000LibyaDEATH PENALTY
The People's Court of Libya adjourned the trial of...
The People's Court of Libya adjourned the trial of the six Bulgarian medics charged with infecting intentionally Libyan children with the AIDS virus to September 17
- APRIL 6, 2000LibyaDEATH PENALTY
A human rights committee in Britain said that the Libyan...
A human rights committee in Britain said that the Libyan security forces had executed three of the eight Islamists that Jordanian authorities extradited to Libya in January 2000
- FEBRUARY 29, 2000LibyaDEATH PENALTY
The Libyan Justice Secretary gave his Bulgarian counterpart...
The Libyan Justice Secretary gave his Bulgarian counterpart guarantees that the Bulgarian medics would be given a fair trial
- FEBRUARY 22, 2000LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Five Bulgarian nurses, Kristiyana Vulcheva, Nasya Stoicheva,...
Five Bulgarian nurses, Kristiyana Vulcheva, Nasya Stoicheva, Valentina Siropoulo, Valya Chervenyashka, Snezhana Dimitrova and one doctor, Zdravko Georgiev, were charged with intentionally infecting 393 Libyan children with the HIV virus in a Benghazi hosp