US diplomat stresses support for human rights in Libya

CAIRO - 11 December 2021: US Ambassador to Libya Richard Norland said the US is supporting human rights in Libya.

Norland tweeted on International Human Rights Day that the best way to go ahead toward the respect of human rights in Libya is holding free and transparent elections in the country, the Libyan News Agency reported. 

Oil-rich Libya has been mired in chaos since the ouster and killing of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. It now has two rival authorities and a multitude of militias vying for control of the country.

The country’s internationally recognised government is based in Tripoli, while Khalifa Haftar, the commander of the Libyan National Army, is supported by a parallel administration based in the east