Criminal proceedings against a Libyan man accused of several brutal murders, and other violent crimes, remain stuck after the defendant seemingly vanished while on bail. Ib Abukem, a former soldier in Gaddafi’s army, had managed to slip under the police’s radar some time in 2022 and has likely absconded from Malta. Five months later, he was back in court, charged with the attempted murder of three Paceville bouncers. The following year, Ib Abukem was charged again, this time with committing aggravated theft and cocaine possession. He was granted bail on 7 August, only to be arrested 12 days later after allegedly robbing an elderly woman at knifepoint.

Appeals court sentences 14 others to life in prison for campaign including the beheading of Egyptian Christians in 2015. A Libyan court has sentenced 23 people to death and another 14 to life in prison for their role in a deadly ISIL (ISIS) campaign that included beheading a group of Egyptian Christians and seizing the city of Sirte in 2015. The court sentenced three minors to 10 years in prison each, said lawyer Lotfi Mohaychem. ISIL and other groups exploited the chaos that engulfed Libya after the 2011 uprising that toppled and later killed longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi. Hundreds of alleged former ISIL fighters remain jailed in Libyan prisons, many of whom are still awaiting trial.

STORY: The Attorney General's office said in a statement that one other person was sentenced to 12 years in prison, six to 10 years, one to five years and six to three years while five were acquitted and three others died before their case came to trial. Islamic State's Libyan branch was one of the militant group's strongest outside its original territory in Iraq and Syria, taking advantage of the chaos and warfare that followed a 2011 NATO-backed uprising. In 2015 it launched an attack on the luxury Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli, killing nine people, before abducting and beheading dozens of Egyptian Christians whose deaths it featured in grisly propaganda films. After gaining territory in Benghazi, Derna and Ajdabiya in eastern Libya, the group seized the central coastal city of Sirte, holding it until late 2016 as it enforced a harsh regime of public morality backed up by brutal punishments.

The source also stated that the General Staff Chief has rejected any further wars after the country entered a ceasefire, warning of the potential collapse of the military situation in the western region. The Ministry of Defense in the National Unity Government is a political portfolio, and the use and issuance of military orders and war are the sole responsibility of the General Staff, the source explained. The Chief of Staff, General Mohammed Haddad, confirmed to the UN mission in a call that he did not issue any orders to bomb Zawiya. However, another government source revealed that the Defense Minister of the National Unity Government, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, is preparing for a ground attack on Zawiya and its surroundings. It remains unclear whether this attack has been authorized by the General Staff or the Presidential Council.

Suspects sit behind bars during a judgment sentence against 56 defendants accused of joining Islamic State group in the court in Misrata. (Photo Credit: Reuters)Libya, May 30 (ANI): A Libyan court has sentenced 23 people to death and 14 others to life imprisonment for their participation in a fatal ISIL (ISIS) campaign that included killing a group of Egyptians and capturing the city of Sirte in 2015, Al Jazeera reported. Subsequently, the group kidnapped and beheaded scores of Egyptian Christians, whose killings were depicted in gory propaganda videos, Al Jazeera reported. "The court sentenced those guilt was demonstrated and acquitted those against whom there was insufficient evidence," he added. In Libyan jails, there are still hundreds of purported ex-ISIL combatants detained, many of whom are still awaiting trial, Al Jazeera reported.

© Provided by Firstpost Libya hands death penalties to 23 Islamic State affiliatesA court in Libya handed down sentences to individuals involved in a violent campaign carried out by the Islamic State (IS), resulting in 23 people being sentenced to death and another 14 receiving life imprisonment. This campaign involved the beheading of a group of Egyptian Christians and the capture of the city of Sirte in 2015. In 2015, the group launched an assault on the luxurious Corinthia Hotel in Tripoli, resulting in the deaths of nine people. After gaining control over Benghazi, Derna, and Ajdabiya in eastern Libya, IS seized the central coastal city of Sirte. Speaking in court on Monday, Fawzia Arhuma said she welcomed the death sentences after her son was killed by the group at a power station near Sirte.

A Libyan court has sentenced 23 people to death and 14 others to life imprisonment for their participation in a fatal ISIL (ISIS) campaign that included killing a group of Egyptians and capturing the city of Sirte in 2015, Al Jazeera reported. The statement added that three persons passed away before trial and three others were acquitted. Subsequently, the group kidnapped and beheaded scores of Egyptian Christians, whose killings were depicted in gory propaganda videos, Al Jazeera reported. Mohaychem said, “As lawyers for the victims’ families, we see the verdict of the court as very satisfying and very just.”“The court sentenced those guilt was demonstrated and acquitted those against whom there was insufficient evidence,” he added. In Libyan jails, there are still hundreds of purported ex-ISIL combatants detained, many of whom are still awaiting trial, Al Jazeera reported.

A Libyan court on Monday condemned to death 23 jihadists convicted of fighting with the Islamic State group in the north African country during chaos that followed dictator Moamer Kadhafi’s fall, the prosecutor’s office said. This was the first group of 320 alleged IS jihadists to be tried and sentenced. Fourteen other accused were sentenced to life in prison, after the trial that began last August in the western city of Misrata, the prosecution statement said. “As lawyers for the victims’ families we see the verdict of the court as very satisfying and very just," Mohaychem said. “The court sentenced those whose guilt was demonstrated and acquitted those against whom there was insufficient evidence."

MISRATAH, Libya: A Libyan court on Monday condemned to death 35 terrorists convicted of fighting with the Islamic State group in the north African country during chaos that followed dictator Moamer Qadhafi´s fall, AFP journalists in the court said. This was the first group of 320 alleged IS jihadists to be tried and sentenced. Thirteen other accused were sentenced to life in prison, after the trial that began last August in the western city of Misrata, the AFP journalists said. The accused were Palestinian, Sudanese and Libyan. All had been in custody since December 2016 and were convicted of joining a terrorist group, as well as murder.

People smugglers have increasingly packed migrants and refugees into old and dangerous fishing vessels that set out from Libya to Italy or Malta. AdvertisementDespite repeated requests for help sent to Maltese authorities, the migrants were reportedly taken back to Benghazi in eastern Libya three days later, Alarm Phone said, citing relatives of the migrants. The U.N. agencies could not immediately confirm it was the same group of migrants reported by Alarm Phone. Separately, eastern Libyan forces said over the weekend they had intercepted a large vessel carrying more than 800 migrants, including entire families and children. Alarm Phone said it was contacted by relatives of some of the intercepted migrants Friday to denounce their detention in Benghazi.

Pope Tawadros II gives belongings of Coptic Christian Martyrs who were killed by ISIS in Libya to Pope Francis during the first’s visit to Rome on May 11- photo from Pope Francis’ Twitter account. Then in the new millennium, Pope John Paul II visited Egypt in an unprecedented pilgrimage. During his visit, Pope Tawadros II conducted medical checks in Austria, adding that were reassuring. The Pope said that he invited the Pope of the Vatican to visit Egypt and Pope Francis promised to think of this invitation. Pope Francis visited Egypt on April 28 and 29, 2017, at an invitation by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi.

A court in Libya's Misrata has sentenced 23 members of the Islamic State terrorist group (IS, banned in Russia) to death, while 14 others have been sentenced to life imprisonment, local media reported on MondayTUNIS (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 29th May, 2023) A court in Libya's Misrata has sentenced 23 members of the Islamic State terrorist group (IS, banned in Russia) to death, while 14 others have been sentenced to life imprisonment, local media reported on Monday. Some of the defendants came to Libya from Syria, Tunisia and Sudan, the Al Wasat newspaper reported, adding that all of the terrorists had been arrested at the end of 2016 as a result of an operation by international coalition forces. The IS is a militant Islamist group that operated mainly in Syria and Iraq. From 2014 to 2019, it was almost completely defeated by the international military coalition led by the United States, as well as Russia. In 2021, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that after the IS was eradicated in Syria and Iraq, the remnants of the group moved to other countries, including Libya.

MISRATAH, Libya — A Libyan court on Monday condemned to death 35 jihadists convicted of fighting with the Islamic State group in the north African country during chaos that followed dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s fall, AFP journalists in the court said. This was the first group of 320 alleged IS jihadists to be tried and sentenced. All had been in custody since December 2016 and were convicted of joining a terrorist group, as well as murder. The suspects appeared in the dock clad in blue prison overalls, bearded, and with shaven heads. “As lawyers for the victims’ families, we see the verdict of the court as very satisfying and very just,” Mohaychem said.

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People smugglers have increasingly packed migrants and refugees into old and dangerous fishing vessels that set out from Libya to Italy or Malta. AdvertisementDespite repeated requests for help sent to Maltese authorities, the migrants were reportedly taken back to Benghazi in eastern Libya three days later, Alarm Phone said, citing relatives of the migrants. The UN agencies could not immediately confirm it was the same group of migrants reported by Alarm Phone. Separately, eastern Libyan forces said over the weekend they had intercepted a large vessel carrying over 800 migrants, including entire families and children. AdvertisementAlarm Phone said it was contacted by relatives of some of the intercepted migrants on May 26 to denounce their detention in Benghazi.