http://uk.oneworld.net/article/country/434/ en_GB_uk OneWorld UK - Libya Libya Saudi Arabia, Iran, Libya Head Execution List http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83378 Saudi Arabia had the highest number of executions per capita, followed by Iran and Libya, according to a new Amnesty survey that says 88 per cent of all known executions took place in China, Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the US. Egypt Joins The Internet Roll Of Shame http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/81130 Nepal, Maldives and Libya have been removed from the annual list of Internet enemies, which Reporters Without Borders publishes today. But Egypt has been added to the roll of shame for its harassment and imprisonment of many bloggers. Libya Condemned for Eschewing Rights Pledge http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/79816 Despite Libya's recent promise to abolish the death penalty, 12 men have been arrested for planning a peaceful demonstration and may now face the death sentence. From: Human Rights Watch Libyan Release of Health Workers Welcomed http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/151594/1/ Libya's release of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor - jailed in 1999 for allegedly infecting 393 children with HIV - has been welcomed by the International Trade Union Confederation. Rights Groups Dismiss Bush's Rules for Secret Prisons http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/151557/1/ SAN FRANCISCO, Jul 23 (OneWorld) - Human rights organizations are reacting coldly to President George W. Bush's executive order forbidding the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from torturing, humiliating, or abusing detainees in its once-secret interrogation program. Help Vessels in Distress, Refugee Agency Tells Europe http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/149874/1/ The UN refugee agency has protested to the European Commission about the way boatloads of people from North Africa have recently been left stranded at sea, despite being in distress and at risk of death. Medicine on death row http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/76237 The confirmation of Libya's decision to convict five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor of infecting child patients with the HIV virus is a global medical disaster, says Michel Thieren. Arms embargo violated in Sudan http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/70457 Arms are flowing into the conflict-ridden Darfur region from neighbouring Chad, Eritrea and Libya, according to a report by UN experts. Nations Urged to Keep Smuggled Arms Out of Sudan's Killing Fields http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/127210/1/ WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb 9 (OneWorld) - United Nations experts are urging Sudan's neighbors to stop arms smuggling into the war-wrecked country. The move comes as advocates press the U.S. government to use its leadership of the UN Security Council to calm the killing fields of Darfur. Libya Blocks Visit from Human Rights Monitors http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/61781 "The United States and European Union have rewarded Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi and the Libyan government for renouncing terrorism and weapons of mass destruction ... but internal repression remains intense," said a human rights group whose team of fact finders were denied visas to enter the country. U.S. Food Aid Sent through Libya for First Time http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/61264 A convoy of trucks over a kilometer long is carrying U.S.-donated food aid through the Libyan desert to over 200,000 Sudanese refugees in eastern Chad. Sudanese government and rebel representatives have welcomed the announcement that a UN peacekeeping force will be sent to Sudan as soon as a peace deal is finalized. Summary Deportations of Hundreds by Italy to Libya Raise Concerns http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/95615/1/ The forcible deportation to Libya by Italy of hundreds of immigrants from Africa and the Middle East over the last several days is drawing protests from the United Nations and Amnesty International. ‘Libyans Believe American Citizens Are The First Victims of The American Empire’ http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/90633/1/ Like other Arabs, Libyans are not very receptive to U.S. foreign policy “because of the bias toward Israel” but they are very positive about Americans, says Carah Ong, Communications Director for the California-based Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. Even though they do not like America’s global dominance, Libyans are willing to make concessions and work with the U.S. because they believe America will not dominate the world forever and, also because they believe American citizens are victims of Gaddafi: The Rewards of a Successful Make-over http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/54216 Barely days after the U.S. lifted all sanctions against his country, Libya's Muammar Gadaffi is meeting with the European Commission President and the Belgian Prime Minister in Brussels this week. Experts on Middle East affairs trace his journey back to the international arena and why leaders of western nations are pleased about it. Time to make human rights a reality http://africa.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/54140 Amnesty international has released a new report detailing the organisations findings on its first visit to Libya 15 years ago. The report -- released on the day of Libyan leader Colonel Mu'ammar al-Gaddafi's visit to the European Commission in Brussels, his first to Europe in 15 years -- reveals a pattern of on-going human rights violations, a continuing failure to investigate and resolve past abuses, and a climate of fear in which most Libyans are afraid to raise concerns over current and past