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The Greek migrant shipwreck is another preventable tragedy at the borders of Europe

The Mediterranean route between Libya and Italy has been described as the “world’s most dangerous maritime crossing”. This was proven once again last week in the tragic shipwreck of a boat full of men, women and children, around 50 miles away from the southern Greek town of Pylos.

The Conversation

Nine due in Greek court over shipwreck as Pakistan holds day of mourning

Suspected people smugglers to appear in court in Kalamata, as police in Kashmir announce 10 arrests

The Guardian - UK

Two survivors of a deadly shipwreck describe their ordeal to Greek authorities

A Greek news web site has published excerpts from the depositions of two survivors of Wednesday's deadly shipwreck off southwestern Greece

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Tragedy at sea: hundreds feared dead in Greek migrant disaster

Hundreds are feared dead after an overloaded fishing boat carrying migrants from Libya to Italy capsized and sank on Wednesday off the coast of southern Greece.

The Week

Lawyer: Detained man, Gadhafi’s son, suffers deteriorating health 2 weeks into hunger strike

A lawyer says the son of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi is suffering deteriorating health during the second week of a hunger strike

The Independent UK

Relatives fear worst with four men and a boy missing after Mediterranean ship disaster

Four men and a 14-year-old boy from the Sheikhi family set out for Europe

The Independent UK

‘Where are they?’: anguish grows among relatives of missing after Greek shipwreck

As family members arrive in Kalamata, search operation continues with negligible progress

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Greek shipwreck highlights divided Libya’s inability to stem flow of refugees

Absence of unified Libyan national government leaves Europe lacking effective allies to tackle people-smuggling trade

The Guardian - UK

As hundreds are missing in deadly Greek shipwreck – what are the deadly routes across the Mediterranean?

Sinking off the coast of Greece of boat en route from Libya to Italy once more draws attention to dangerous waters people routinely attempt to navigate in pursuit of a better life

The Independent UK

Dozens are dead and hundreds feared missing from migrant ship sinking off Greece

Rescue workers transferred the bodies of dead migrants to refrigerated trucks as a major search continued Thursday for possible survivors of a sea disaster in southern Greece.

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Huge search seeks survivors of migrant boat sinking off Greece; hundreds feared missing

A huge search-and-rescue operation is under way off the coast of Greece after an overcrowded fishing boat carrying migrants capsized and sank

The Independent UK

Gaddafi's right hand man claims Al Megrahi 'innocent and used as a scapegoat'

Gaddafi confidante Daad Sharab who visited Abdelbaset al-Megrahi three times in prison hopes his family may finally find “justice” after the arrest of Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi

Daily Record

Colonel Gaddafi 'knew' Lockerbie bomber was innocent but made prison 'deal' for him

A confidante of Colonel Gaddafi, who was assassinated in 2011 by Libyan rebel forces, said he allowed the Lockerbie bomber to be jailed for the attack despite knowing of his innocence

Daily Mirror

Why is Hannibal Gaddafi on hunger strike in a Lebanese prison?

The son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is protesting his eight-year-long detention without trial.

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The Independent UK

Lawyer: Health of Gadhafi's son, detained in Lebanon, deteriorating 3 days into hunger strike

The lawyer of a son of Libya’s late leader Moammar Gadhafi says his client's health is deteriorating three days into a hunger strike in his prison cell in Lebanon

Reuters

Libya political leaders to meet on electoral laws

Libyan leaders were due to meet in Morocco on Monday to finalise a deal on new electoral laws, but any agreement they announce on voting rules or a new interim government is likely to trigger opposition that may further delay the political process.

Reuters

Eastern Libya forces stage mass deportation of Egyptian migrants

Eastern Libyan forces have expelled thousands of Egyptians who were in Libya illegally in recent days, deporting them to Egypt on foot across the land border, an Egyptian security source and an eastern Libyan security source said.

The Guardian - UK

The EU pays Africa’s brutal militias to lock up migrants. Britain wants to follow suit

Torture, rape and death are the results of a policy to keep desperate people away from Europe

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The Independent UK

Gadhafi's son goes on hunger strike in Lebanon to protest detention without trial

A son of Libya’s late leader Moammar Gadhafi, who has been held in Lebanon for more than seven years, has started a hunger strike to protest his detention without trial

Reuters

Libya's Tripoli government targets more western towns with drone strikes

Libya's Government of National Unity (GNU) stepped up drone strikes on Friday against what it said were smuggling gangs in western regions, attacking targets in Zawia, Zuwara, Ajeelat and Maya.

The Hindu

9 Indians freed in Libya after intervention by Indian school principal

Nine Indian nationals, held captive in Libya, have been freed by their captors, with the help of Tabassum Mansoor, the principal of the Indian school in Benghazi

The Independent UK

Libya sentences 23 Isis fighters to death

‘As lawyers for the victims’ families, we see the verdict of the court as very satisfying and very just’

Reuters

Libya court sentences 23 to death for Islamic State campaign

A Libyan court sentenced 23 people to death and another 14 to life in prison on Monday for their role in a deadly Islamic State militant campaign that included beheading a group of Egyptian Christians and seizing the city of Sirte in 2015.

Al Jazeera

Libya court sentences 23 to death for ISIL campaign

Appeals court sentences 14 others to life in prison for campaign including the beheading of Egyptian Christians in 2015.

The Independent UK

Rescue groups say Malta coordinated the return of 500 migrants to Libya instead of saving them

Rescue groups are accusing the European island nation of Malta of coordinating the return of around 500 people to Libya where they were subsequently imprisoned, in violation of international maritime law

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