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Libya Al-Hurra to begin broadcasting tonight
Mohamed Nabbous founded the internet TV channel Libya Al-Hurra (Free Libya) on 17 February. He was killed, aged 28, by a sniper on 19 March during a military operation in Benghazi.
Libya Al-Hurra, the first locally based television station to operate in Libya since the start of the revolution, will begin broadcasting this evening.
The station will air promotional material for two hours from 8pm (2100GMT) before going live at 10pm (2300GMT) with a two hour broadcast from outside the Benghazi Courthouse, delivered by Zuheir Al-Barasi.
On the relaunch of the channel, launched online in the early days of the revolution by Mohammad Nabus, Al-Barasi said: “This will be a historic moment for the station and for Libya. Mohamed Nabbous, a former colleague and friend and founder Libya Al-Hurra. Gaddafi forces assassinated him for highlighting to the rest of the world the atrocities committed by the his regime. The re-launch of Libya Al-Hurra is done in his name and we are all looking forward to providing the people of Libya with a professional and independent service.”
Mohamed Nabbous founded the internet TV channel Libya Al-Hurra (Free Libya) on 17 February. He was killed, aged 28, by a sniper on 19 March during a military operation in Benghazi. According to the agency, the TV channel broadcast programs about the consequences of actions of government troops in the east, and generally commented on the events in Libya
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Friday, May 27, 2011
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Crisis Situation Report No. 40
This report produced by OCHA Libya in collaboration with humanitarian partners, covering the period of 23 May to 26 May. The next report will be issued on or around 30 May.
I. HIGHLIGHTS
- On 24 May, unrest at Choucha Camp left four dead, nineteen injured and parts of the camp destroyed. The situation in the camp has now eased. The humanitarian community and the Tunisian Government are discussing the security, the position and the composition of the camps in Tunisia.
- An estimated 602,783 people, mostly migrants, have left Libya and have not returned since the start of the crisis in February. This number is based on data that 85 per cent of Libyans crossing into Egypt, and 67 per cent of Libyans crossing into Tunisia, return back to Libya.
- Fighting in the Nafusa Mountains is on going. Fuel and cash shortages continue to affect the daily life of the Libyans.
- Explosive remnants of war (ERW) and landmines pose a serious risk to people in conflict-affected areas across Libya. Mine risk education as well as mapping for ERW are of utmost importance
- The US$407 million revised Flash Appeal for the Libyan Crisis is currently funded at 45.6 per cent with US$185 million committed and $3.6 million in pledges.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Crisis Situation Report No. 39 | ReliefWeb
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Crisis Situation Report No. 39 | ReliefWeb
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Crisis Situation Report No. 39
This report produced by OCHA Libya in collaboration with humanitarian partners, covering the period of 19 May to 23 May. The next report will be issued on or around 26 May.
I. HIGHLIGHTS / KEY PRIORITIES
• The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator and a team including IOM, WHO and UNDSS, traveled to Tripoli from 20 – 22 May to discuss the return of an international humanitarian presence in the capital.
• In the Western Mountains area, the most affected populations are around Yafran, Al Qaala and Kekla.
• A fire overnight at Choucha Camp on the Tunisian-Libyan border resulted in the deaths of four camp residents and one injured.
• An IOM ship evacuated 785 people from Misrata, and delivered 300 metric tons of cargo including a field hospital and other medical supplies.
• The US$407 million revised Regional Flash Appeal for the Libyan Crisis is currently funded at 44 percent with US$179 million committed and $3.6 million in pledges.
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Explosions rock Libyan town of Zintan; EU foreign policy chief arrives
May 22, 2011 -- Updated 1825 GMT (0225 HKT)
Rebels struggle against Gadhafi's forces
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- NEW: EU's Catherine Ashton says Gadhafi must leave and pledges support for Libyans
- NEW: "We must have a future for Libya," she says
- The western Libyan town of Zintan is rocked by explosions
- A former congresswoman rips U.S. policy on Libyan state TV
Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- At least four explosions rocked the Libyan rebel-held town of Zintan on Sunday, as the foreign policy chief of the European Union arrived in the war-torn nation and a former U.S. congresswoman criticized American policy on Libyan state television.
Rebels in Zintan, in western Libya, said they believe the explosions were from Grad rockets. It was not immediately clear whether any damage or casualties resulted.
Meanwhile, Catherine Ashton, foreign policy chief for the European Union, arrived Sunday in the Libyan rebel stronghold of Benghazi, according to military sources in the opposition's National Transitional Council. Officials earlier said the European Union would open an office in Benghazi on Sunday.
"It will be an honor to meet the people who have been fighting for democracy and a better future for Libya," Ashton said in a statement released by the council. "I plan to meet key people from the National Transitional Council, civil society groups and our international partners, and will report back to EU foreign ministers on Monday.
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"Opening an EU office is an important signal of our unfaltering support for the Libyan people," Ashton said. "It is the EU putting words into action."
Ashton told reporters she has met with council leaders, members of the media, young people and representatives from women's groups and human rights organizations.
"I come with three messages," she said. "The first is to echo again that (longtime Libyan leader Moammar) Gadhafi must leave, and we must have a future for Libya that belongs to the people of Libya and moves forward as they wish."
Secondly, by opening an EU office in Benghazi, "I bring the commitment of the EU 27 member-states and all of the institutions in support of the people of Benghazi and the people of Libya, for us to support you in the future that you wish to see for your country," she said. "And thirdly, to say that we don't just come for today, but that we're here for the long term -- that what the EU can offer is support as you build the country of the future, your institutions, your economy, your political life. We will be here to support you every step of the way."
NATO warplanes have been pounding military targets since March after the U.N. Security Council approved a resolution to protect civilians by any means necessary as Gadhafi's forces try to quash a nearly three-month revolt against Gadhafi's nearly 42 years of rule.
Asked whether the office's opening means the EU will encourage member-states to recognize the National Transitional Council as Libya's new government, Ashton told CNN's Sara Sidner the subject did not come up during talks, and that it remains up to individual member-states to recognize the new government or not.
Protecting civilians, she told reporters, is "fundamental. Too many people have died already."
"It will be very important," she told CNN, "to safeguard what all this is about, which is human rights and fundamental freedoms." Members of women's groups, she said, are anxious that women be fully represented in the process of building a new government.
Rebels on the front lines near Libya's border with Tunisia, where a narrow finger of land controlled by rebels has become a vital supply route for the opposition, talked with CNN's Nic Robertson on Saturday. The area is under continued shelling by Gadhafi's forces, who are trying to close the route.
"Today is going hard," said one rebel fighter. He said he has lost his brother and others in the fighting, adding that he doesn't worry about himself as being martyred is honorable. He showed his gun, held together by pieces of tape.
Late Saturday, former U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney decried U.S. policy on Libyan state television, saying the "last thing we need to do is spend money on death, destruction and war."
State television is fiercely loyal to Gadhafi, and McKinney's interview was spliced with footage of what appeared to be pro-Gadhafi rallies.
"I think that it's very important that people understand what is happening here," McKinney said in the interview. "And it's important that people all over the world see the truth. And that is why I am here ... to understand the truth."
She said she was invited to Libya by the "nongovernmental organization for fact-finding," adding that she intends to bring more people to the country soon so that "they too can understand."
Gadhafi's government has repeatedly urged the international community to send fact-finding teams to Libya to report what's happening on the ground.
At one point during the interview, state TV cut to what it said were live airstrikes, hitting Gadhafi's compound.
"Is that a bomb?" McKinney asked.
"I want to say categorically and very clearly that these policies of war ... are not what the people of the United States stand for and it's not what African-Americans stand for," she told state TV.
The former Georgia representative also slammed the economic policies of U.S. President Barack Obama and said the government of the United States no longer represents the interests of the American people.
"Under the economic policies of the Obama administration, those who have the least are losing the most. And those who have the most are getting even more," she said. "The situation in the United States is becoming more dire for average ordinary Americans and the last thing we need to do is to spend money on death, destruction and war."
Separately, McKinney appeared on state-run Press TV this week in Iran. She was reported to be in Tehran attending the International Conference on Global Alliance Against Terrorism for a Just Peace.
CNN's Amir Ahmed contributed to this report.
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Photos of Misrata by CNN’s Ben Wedeman
CNN reporter Ben Wedeman is in Misrata, and via twitter he shared the following images.
“Treating wounded at Hikma hospital’s intensive care unit in Misrata. 5 to be evacuated to soon.”
“Destruction on Tripoli Street, Misrata.”
“Libyan army tank that was hidden in vegetable market, hit by NATO aircraft in Misrata.”
“In al-Hikma hospital, 22 year old fighter severely wounded outside Misrata yesterday, Saturday.”
“Treating wounded at Hikma hospital’s intensive care unit in Misrata. 5 to be evacuated to soon.”
“Destruction on Tripoli Street, Misrata.”
“Libyan army tank that was hidden in vegetable market, hit by NATO aircraft in Misrata.”
“In al-Hikma hospital, 22 year old fighter severely wounded outside Misrata yesterday, Saturday.”
Map: Libya, updated May 22, 13:30 local time
Here is the latest map of Libya, updated to include the events of May 22nd thanks to @Libyamap/@dovenews.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
and 2 othersLibyan Arab Jamahiriya - Crisis Situation Report No. 37
and 2 others
HIGHLIGHTS
- To date around 14,000 people have arrived by boat to Italy and Malta from Libya. At least 1,200 people have died during the journey or are missing.
- Fuel scarcity continues across Libya.
- The number of people remaining at the camps near the Ras Ajdir, at the Tunisia border, is the lowest since the beginning of the crisis at 2,375 people.
- Some 51,647 Libyans crossed into Tunisia at Dehibat border point. Most are staying with host communities.
- The Revised Flash Appeal for the Libyan Crisis will be launched by the Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ms. Valerie Amos, in Geneva on 18 May.
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