Tag Archives: Libya
28 November 2011
Evidence has emerged of unregulated tuna fishing in Libyan waters during this year’s conflict. EU boats are implicated in the fishing, which the European Commission believes could be judged illegal. The issue led to heated discussion at the recent Istanbul meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), where it was decided that research will be carried out into the events.
Source: BBC News – Tuna fished ‘illegally’ during Libya conflict
26 November 2011
Carsten Stahn has written a very interesting article on the recent developments concerning the prosecution of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and Abduallah al-Senussi before the International Criminal Court. He describes it as “a test case for international justice and the idea of shared responsibility”. The article can be found here.
Source: http://www.haguejusticeportal.net
6 September 2011
China offered huge stockpiles of weapons to Colonel Moammar Gadhafi during the final months of his regime, according to papers that describe secret talks about shipments via Algeria and South Africa. Documents obtained by The Globe and Mail show that state-controlled Chinese arms manufacturers were prepared to sell weapons and ammunition worth at least $200-million to the embattled Col. Gadhafi in late July, a violation of United Nations sanctions.
Source: http://m.theglobeandmail.com
5 September 2011
Documents found at the abandoned office of Libya’s former spymaster appear to provide new details of the close relations the Central Intelligence Agency shared with the Libyan intelligence service — most notably suggesting that the Americans sent terrorism suspects at least eight times for questioning in Libya despite that country’s reputation for torture.
Source: http://www.nytimes.com
1 September 2011
The success of the NATO mission in Libya is critically discussed in an op-ed by Kurt Volker on Foreign Policy.
Source: http://www.foreignpolicy.com