Abu Salim
Coast guard catches and returns 81 migrants off Libyan coast
Middle East
February 11, 2020
Coast guard catches and returns 81 migrants off Libyan coast
CAIRO (AP) — The Libyan coast guard apprehended 81 migrants off the coast of Libya and returned them to the…
Most Egyptians detained in Libya released
Egypt
September 6, 2012
Most Egyptians detained in Libya released
The Foreign Ministry announced Thursday that 152 Egyptians who were detained in a Libyan prison over recent clashes with Libyan…
Families of detainees in Libya protest before the presidential palace
Egypt
September 1, 2012
Families of detainees in Libya protest before the presidential palace
Dozens from Salam village in Fayoum protested in front of the presidential palace, demanding the release of their relatives detained…
Ambassador denies two Egyptians killed in Libya
Egypt
August 28, 2012
Ambassador denies two Egyptians killed in Libya
Egyptian Ambassador to Libya Hesham Abdel Wahab dismissed reports claiming that Egyptian workers were harmed in a rebel raid on…
32 Egyptians return home after release from Libyan prison
Egypt
September 5, 2011
32 Egyptians return home after release from Libyan prison
Thirty-two Egyptians will return to Egypt today having been released from Libya's most notorious prison, Abu Salim, the Foreign Affairs…
Abu Salim prison: A ghost town in post-Qadhafi Libya
Egypt
September 4, 2011
Abu Salim prison: A ghost town in post-Qadhafi Libya
Abu Salim Prison, once Libya's most famous prison, has been abandoned since Tripoli fell to anti-regime rebels. Citizens have managed…