Over one hundred countries voted overwhelmingly in favour of a second
resolution on "Moratorium on the use of the death penalty" at the
United Nations on Thursday.
Arrested for trying to organize a peaceful demonstration critical of the Libyan government, Idriss Boufayed has been released on humanitarian grounds, after being diagnosed with lung cancer.
As Condoleezza Rice becomes the first US Secretary of State to visit
Libya in 55 years, Amnesty International urges the US government to
make human rights an integral component of its bilateral cooperation
with Libya.
The UK government's policy of "deportation with assurances" was called
into question on Wednesday by decisions of the Court of Appeal of
England and Wales in two key cases.
At least 14 Libyans were arrested just over a year ago for planning a peaceful demonstration to mark the anniversary of the Benghazi events when security forces killed 12 demonstrators.
One year ago, Egyptian blogger Karim Amer was sentenced to four years'
imprisonment for the "crime" of publishing on the internet material
critical of Islam and President Mubarak.
Six foreign medical workers have arrived in Bulgaria after being released from a Libyan jail, bringing an end to a tragic case that has been riddled with injustice.
