Libya sees 'limited improvements' in human rights

Tuesday, 15 December 2009

Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi

There have been limited improvements in Libya's human rights record, including greater freedom of expression, New York-based Human Rights Watch has said.

The group said abuses by security agencies were still the norm, but the fact that it was able to present its report in Tripoli showed the progress. This indicated some in the government were open to listening to criticism of its human rights record, it added.

HRW's report said the improvements in Libya's human rights record remained out of step with the image of change it had presented since Colonel Muammar Gaddafi brought the country out of international isolation by ending its development of weapons of mass destruction and support for militants.

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