Tag Archives : Libya

The United Nations recently announced that internally-displaced persons (IDPs) in Sri Lanka, housed in refugee camps since the time they fled their homes during the final and fatal offensive against the LTTE, can now go back to their homes. The questions are whether they still have homes to go back to and how safe is it for them to go back. The Sri [...]

According to the Sunday Telegraph, ‘the British, Scottish and Libyan governments connived to free Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi on compassionate grounds.’ It was recently updated medical evidence that allowed Megrahi, 57, otherwise known as the Lockerbie bomber, to earn the release condition of ‘compassionate grounds’ and be permitted to [...]

Contrary to what PM Gordon Brown said, Justice Secretary Jack Straw admitted that the release to Libya of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, otherwise known as the Lockerbie bomber, was ‘to facilitate a multi-million-dollar oil deal.’ There is an agreement between Libya and BP that had to be signed. According to Straw, “I’m unapologetic about that, Libya [...]

During a speech in Zalengi in western Darfur, Sudan President and ICC-indicted Omar al-Bashir said that he welcomes the support of the Arab League and African Union. “We found a very strong position in regional organizations such as the Arab League and the AU,” he said, referring to the rejection of these organizations of his arrest warrant for [...]