The Address | Benghazi – Libya
TRIPOLI – The Libyan Center for Freedom of Press (LCFP) said that security forces of the Interior Ministry of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) has attacked journalists representing nine media outlets.
The journalists were invited by the ministry to cover the graduation ceremony of the Coast Guard batch on Thursday at Tripoli’s sea port.
Security forces belongs to the #Ministry of Foeign Affairs assulted accredited #journalists whom are representative of nine #Media Outlets after directly inviting them to cover the graduation ceremony of a batch of coast guards this afternoon in the port of tripoli
Continued— LCFP (@LCFP_libyapress) January 3, 2019
In a statement via Twitter, LCFP confirmed that the security forces had raised their weapons against journalists, but did not indicate whether journalists were beaten or not.
LCFP called upon GNA’s Interior Minister, Fathi Bashagha, to take his responsibility towards ensuring journalists safety.
LCFP said its Monitoring Unit has recorded more than 20 attacks by employees of the Ministry of the Interior in 2018.
