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
NOVEMBER 22, 2007LibyaDEATH PENALTYLIBYA. 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, 2007LibyaDEATH PENALTYBULGARIAN 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
JULY 17, 2007LibyaDEATH PENALTYLIBYA LIFTS EXECUTION FOR HIV MEDICS AFTER PAYMENTS TO FAMILIES OF INFECTED CHILDREN
Libya dropped death sentences against five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor accused of infecting hundreds of children with HIV, commuting their punishments to life in prison, the foreign minister said
JULY 11, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTYDEATH PENALTY. HANDS OFF CAIN: THE EU MUST NOT YIELD TO LIBYAN BLACKMAIL
the directors of Hands Off Cain, Sergio D'Elia, secretary of the association and Rosa Nel
JULY 11, 2007BulgariaDEATH PENALTYLIBYA. COURT CONFIRMS DEATH PENALTY FOR FOREIGN MEDICS
a Libyan court confirmed a death sentence against six foreign
- JUNE 13, 2007LibyaDEATH PENALTY
TEN EGYPTIANS ESCAPE DEATH PENALTY IN LIBYA
ten Egyptians on the death row in Libya escaped capital punishment after the families of their victims accepted blood money in return for pardoning them, said an Egyptian diplomat.
- MAY 26, 2007EgyptDEATH PENALTY
in Libya, the execution of an Egyptian citizen...
in Libya, the execution of an Egyptian citizen...
- MAY 25, 2007EgyptDEATH PENALTY
the Egyptian Minister for Foreign Affairs...
the Egyptian Minister for Foreign Affairs...
MAY 22, 2007LibyaDEATH PENALTYa high official in Cairo made public in a report by Ansa that eight Egyptian
a high official in Cairo made public in a report by Ansa that eight Egyptian
- MAY 18, 2007LibyaDEATH PENALTY
AFRICAN PARLIAMENTARIANS BACK LIBYAN DEATH SENTENCE ON BULGARIANS
African parliamentarians backed death sentences imposed in Libya on five Bulgarian nurses and a