Gay group in benghazi, libya

Bob Schieffer: Today only on Face the Nation, startling new details about the Benghazi attack from the number two American official in Libya and the impact of gay athletes on American sports and. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, indicating a series of tragic miscalculations that left CIA officers exposed at an annex near the consulate -- but no evidence of interference from Washington or of the CIA witholding aid from the State Department, as Republican critics have alleged. According to the timeline, CIA officials in Libya sent a security team to the consulate within 25 minutes of the report of the attack, and the U. military sent an unarmed drone to provide intelligence information.

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people are generally discriminated against in Libya. Homosexual activity is criminalised for both men and women within Libya, and homophobic attitudes are prevalent throughout the country. [2] Since the fall of the Gaddafi regime in , the discriminatory laws regarding homosexuality in Libya remain unchanged. Beirut — Armed groups in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi are preventing thousands of internally displaced families from returning to their homes in that city, Human Rights Watch said today. The LNA, headed by General Khalifa Hifter, is allied with one of two authorities vying for legitimacy and territorial control in Libya. Displaced people interviewed by Human Rights Watch said LNA-linked groups have seized their property and tortured, forcibly disappeared, and arrested family members who remained in the city.

In the second part of this interview with a Libyan activist, Dan Littauer says there is hope for the future among gay and trans Libyans after the revolution, but a recognition that progress towards a freer society may be slow. Tunis — Civilians have been trapped for months in a neighborhood of the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, by fighting between the Libyan National Army LNA and Islamist militias that form the Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council BRSC. All sides to the conflict in Benghazi should allow all civilians to leave the Ganfouda neighborhood, and allow for the safe passage of humanitarian aid into the neighborhood. Ganfouda is one of the few remaining holdouts of militant Islamist groups in Benghazi.

In April, Lawyers for Justice in Libya and Libya Crimes Watch documented torture, rape, medical neglect, arbitrary detention, lack of access to family and legal counsel, and other mistreatment inside the al-Kwaifiya prison’s military wing in Benghazi. Security forces, militias and armed groups across Libya carried out arbitrary arrests targeting hundreds of activists, protesters, journalists, women social media users and others. Thousands remained arbitrarily detained solely for their political or tribal affiliation, following grossly unfair trials or without legal basis. Torture and other ill-treatment remained widespread and systematic.

Bob Schieffer: Today only on Face the Nation, startling new details about the Benghazi attack from the number two American official in Libya and the impact of gay athletes on American sports and. On August 16th, , John Christopher Stevens sent out a cable detailing the increasing security threats in Benghazi. Stevens turned him down. Stevens saw Benghazi as a key to stabilizing Libya and remained determined to increase the US presence there.