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
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2008ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY-LIBYA: RADICALS- THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD REPORT IN PARLIAMENT ON THE AGREEMENT WITH GHADDAFI
"In forty years of absolute power, Colonel Ghaddafi's regime has been characterised by the persecution of every type of political dissent, by the systematic repression of the free opinions of individuals and associations not acknowledged by the regime, by
- MAY 9, 2008ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY/LIBYA: D'ELIA, ‘ENOUGH’ TO LIBYAN BLACKMAIL
we have to say ‘enough’ to the politics of threats and blackmail that the Libyan authorities have used for a long time," Sergio D'Elia, Secretary of Hands Off Cain said.
- FEBRUARY 29, 2008LibyaDEATH PENALTY
GOVERNMENT SECURES PARDON FOR KANKAM
a Ghanaian citizen, Kwabena Kankam, sentenced to death in Lybia, was pardoned
- FEBRUARY 16, 2008LibyaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA. TWO GHANAIANS EXCUTED FOR MURDER
two Ghanaian nationals and a Gambian were executed by firing squad at the Kofiya Rehabilitation Facility in Benghazi, after pleas for clemency and Ghanaian President John Agyekum Kufuor’s last-minute intervention for a stay of execution were turned down.,
- JANUARY 24, 2008EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Libyan authorities executed Emad Abdul Wahed...
Libyan authorities executed Emad Abdul Wahed...
- JANUARY 22, 2008LibyaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA. TWO GHANAIANS EXECUTED FOR MURDER
two Ghanaians, Charles Ansah and Asare Bediako, were executed for allegedly killing a Libyan citizen.
- JANUARY 1, 2008LibyaDEATH PENALTY
A large number of offences, including political offences and economic “crimes” are punishable by death.
A large number of offences, including political offences and economic “crimes” are punishable by death.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007LibyaDEATH PENALTY
Libya voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Libya voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- NOVEMBER 22, 2007LibyaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA. FOUR NIGERIANS EXECUTED
according to a Nigerian recently deported from Libya, who wished to remain
- JULY 30, 2007LibyaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA. NINE EGYPTIANS ESCAPE DEATH PENALTY AFTER BLOOD MONEY ACCEPTED
nine Egyptians on death row in Libya escaped capital punishment after the families of their
- JULY 24, 2007BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
BULGARIAN MEDICS PARDONED UPON RETURN
five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor were pardoned by President Georgi Parvanov upon their arrival in Sofia after spending 8 years in prison in Libya.
- JULY 19, 2007LibyaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA. THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH BY FIRING SQUAD
the court in Tripoli, Libya, condemned three men to death by firing squad for the