Middle East and North Africa

Libya: Internet writer `Abd al-Raziq al-Mansuri


Abd al-Raziq al-Mansuri, Libya, 2005

A criminal court sentenced the Internet writer `Abd al-Raziq al-Mansuri to one-and-a-half years in prison for the illegal possession of a hand gun in October 2005. Al-Mansuri had written articles critical of the government for a website based in the U.K.

© 2005 coutesy of Akhbar Libya