London, 28 April 2021:
Libya’s Prime minister Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba vowed yesterday to visit Benghazi soon and that he would not let ”minor impediments” stop him and his government. The pledge came during a cabinet meeting during which he read out his government’s achievements in its short time in office.
The comment by Aldabaiba came after a plane carrying his forward security team was prevented from disembarking their plane at Benghazi’s Benina airport Sunday.
Hafter’s army command refutes preventing entry to Benghazi – cites militias as excuse
In response to the furore caused by the incident, the Khalifa Hafter Libyan National Army (LNA) General Command issued a statement.
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London, 27 April 2021:
Military courts have convicted hundreds of civilians in eastern Libya in secret and grossly unfair military trials, aimed at punishing real or perceived opponents and critics of Khalifa Hafter’s Libyan National Army (LNA) and affiliated armed groups, Amnesty International reported yesterday.
It reported that at least 22 were sentenced to death and hundreds of others to imprisonment between 2018 and 2021. Many defendants were subjected to torture and other ill-treatment in pre-trial detention.
Civilians tried by military courts in the LNA stronghold of eastern Libya include two individuals targeted solely for their journalistic work, a group who took part in peaceful protests, and tens of people who defended human rights or shared criticism of the LNA or affiliated armed groups on social media, it added.