This statement was originally published on cihrs.org on 17 February 2025. As Libya marks the anniversary of the 2011 revolution that toppled Muammar Gaddafi, the country faces an escalating human ...

How the dreams of Libya's 2011 revolutionaries turned sour. Was the overthrow of Col Gaddafi worth it? Image: The new Libyan flag is raised during a parade in the eastern city of Benghazi to ...

What Happened in Libya Revolution's Final Moments? Fresh evidence has emerged that fighters battling for control of Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte were responsible for numerous extrajudicial killings ...

This divide-and-conquer strategy pitted towns and ethnic and tribal groups against each other all over Libya. The revolution turned those divisions into battle lines. Overnight, towns like ...

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Tripoli, Libya - February 17, 2025 Libya is celebrating the 14th anniversary of the February 17 Revolution. On February 17, 2011, a rebellion took place against the 42-year rule of Libyan leader ...

"The sentence contradicts international laws as it was handed as a result of political pressure aimed at settling account with the Libyan revolution," said the statement. Al-Megrahi, 49 ...

That is easily dismissed as a hallucinogenic fantasy now. It would seem less so if the US and Britain were arming the Libyan opposition. The Arab revolution will be made by Arabs, or it won't be a ...

Libyans wave national flags as they celebrate the anniversary of the February 17 revolution, which took place against the 42-year rule of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, in Misrata, Libya ...

While traveling, he struck up an unlikely friendship with a Libyan hippie, and when revolution broke out in Libya, Matt joined his friend in the fight against dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Video ...

Hit by the ongoing conflict, the Libyan economy continued to suffer from recession in 2016. It is estimated that GDP lost half of its pre-revolution level. Budget revenues and exports proceeds reached ...