OFFICIAL TRANSLATION On August 15, 2018 the Tripoli Court of Appeal issued unmerited sentences against 124 citizens accused of killing anti-Gaddafi demonstrators on August 21, 2011. 45 defendants were sentenced to death by firing squad, 54 to five years in prison and 22 to acquittal, while three had died during imprisonment. The Libyan National Popular…
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Libyan Popular National Movement Statement on the Latest Wave of Violence in Tripoli
We continue to follow the latest wave of bloody fighting among the February armed militias that took place August 27th, which is a continuation of the armed violence witnessed by Libya since February 2011 that has claimed the lives of tens of thousands of civilians and caused the collapse of services. While we express our…
Libyan People’s National Movement Statement on the Militia Attack on the Tawergha
UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION Press Statement The official spokesman of the Libyan People’s National Movement on the criminal attack on the Tawergha camp in Tripoli. Unfortunately, we are at the gates of the seventh anniversary of the forcible displacement and destruction of the people of Tawergha by terrorist militias, tens of thousands of whom still suffer pain…
Libyan People’s National Movement Salute the São Paulo Forum
Your Excellencies, friends and fellow freedom fighters, On behalf of the Political Committee of the Libyan People’s National Movement (LPNM) we salute the progressive forces from every continent and region that gathered in Cuba for the Sao Paulo Forum. It is of historical significance that the Forum was held in Cuba, the land of heroic…
Statement of the Libyan National Popular Movement on the Seventh Anniversary of the February Conspiracy.
Arabic Official English Translation Libyan National Popular Movement February 17th 2018 Statement of the Libyan National Popular Movement on the Seventh Anniversary of the February Conspiracy Today comes the seventh year of the international conspiracy, in which obscurantist forces and Libyan agents participated in the war against Libya and its safe people, where innocent people…
LPNM Statement on the Tragic Terrorist Attacks in Benghazi
UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION ORIGINAL IN ARABIC A press release of the Libyan People’s National Movement on the terrorist attacks in the Salmani area of Benghazi city. The Libyan People’s National Movement (LPNM) condemns the horrific terrorist attacks that took place in the Salmani area of Benghazi, which killed dozens of worshipers and passers-by near a mosque…
Deceptive Intelligence
CNN breaks story on Slave Trade in Libya; French Government voices concern for African Migrants By Gerald A. Perreira Internationalist 360° The world we find ourselves in is complex and full of contradictions. It is easy to fall for rudimentary textbook propaganda based on simplistic dichotomies, such as ‘the good guys versus the bad guys’….
Libyan People’s National Movement Statement About Media Coverage of the Slave Trade in Libya
Unofficial Translation Official Statement in Arabic The Libyan National People’s Movement About the Media Coverage of the Slave Trade in Libya The Libyan People’s National Movement (LPNM) has followed the recent news about the sale and purchase of human beings in the southern and western regions, the great alarm of the leaders of African countries…
Statement of Libyan National Social and Political Organizations on the Italian Aggression
Libya’s national social and political organizations opposed to the February plot [*February 17th 2006 and *February 17th 2011] and the 2011 NATO aggression, met to discuss the current intervention with the entry of Italian warships into territorial waters, which we see as a continuation of illegal foreign interference in Libyan affairs, in flagrant disregard of the will…
LPNM Condemn Italian Military Intervention in Libya
Approximate Translation by Internationalist 360° The Libyan People’s National Movement expressed rejection of the Italian military intervention in Libya and confirmed that it is following with concern the Italian air and naval forces violating Libyan airspace and territorial waters in a provocative manner that is a blatant act of aggression. This invasion of the Libyan airspace,…
Greetings from the LPNM to Daniel Ortega on the 38th Anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution
The Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Libyan National People’s Movement Congratulation to Daniel Ortega, President of the Republic of Nicaragua, on the 38th anniversary of the victory of the Sandinista Revolution 19/07/1979. “On behalf of all the comrades in the Libyan People’s National Movement, I congratulate you and the Nicaraguan people on the…
A Call to Support the Libyan National Army as Martyrs are Laid to Rest Today
APPROXIMATE UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION The Libyan army has been fighting extremist groups backed by Italy in the oil Crescent area. The soldiers and officers generously offer themselves, their life blood, to defend the livelihood of the Libyan people, to prevent the Libyan oil from landing in the hands of terrorists who will use it as a…
Libya: LPMN Condemns Foreign Military Intervention and the Recolonization Agenda
العربية | فارسی | ENGLISH | FRANÇAIS | ESPAÑOL | TÜRKÇE | ITALIANO | DEUTSCH | PORTUGUÊS TRANSLATION Jamahiriya News Agency The Libyan People’s National Movement is following the tragic situation in the homeland, the violation and loss of sovereignty, the recent statements by Italian Minister of Defense regarding moving to the second phase of…
Understanding Libya Part I: An Interview with Alexandra Valiente
Hugo Turner and Alexandra Valiente Introduction In 2011 Libya, the most prosperous democracy in Africa, was targeted for destruction. Terrorist death squads were unleashed upon the nation. A NATO bombing campaign destroyed the country and plunged it into chaos. NATO’s death squads seized control of most of the oil-rich territory, although 5 years later, the…