Rights group urges eastern Libya to free singer, blogger

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Published April 3, 2023 5:55 AM

By SAMY MAGDY
Associated Press

CAIRO (AP) — Human Rights Watch has urged authorities in eastern Libya to release a singer and a blogger arrested for allegedly violating a widely criticized cybercrime law. The group said Monday that both women — popular folk singer Ahlam al-Yamani and blogger Haneen al-Abdali — were arrested in February on charges of violating “honor and public morals.” They have since been held for allegedly violating the anti-cybercrime law that the east-based parliament adopted in September. U.N.-backed investigators and other global rights groups criticized the law, which carries potential prison terms of up to 15 years.

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