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Libya and Democracy

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Libya and Politics and Government

• Library of Congress- Federal Research Division- Country Profile: Libya (pdf)
• Library of Congress: Country Studies (Libya)
• CIA World Factbook: Libya's Profile
• LookLex Encyclopaedia: Encyclopedia of Libya
• Encyclopedia Brittanica: Encyclopedia entry on Libya
• The Tripoli Post: Libya News and Business (english)
• Libya Herald: Libyan News (english)
• New York Times: Libya News
• The Guarian: Libya News
• Reuters: Libya News
• BBC: Libya Profile
• Jadaliyya: News and reports on Libya
• The Telegraph: Key dates in the history of Libya

• US Department of State: US relations with Libya
• UNSMIL: United Nations Support Mission in Libya
• British Embassy in Tripoli: News and information on Libya
• NATO: Background information on NATO's intervention in Libya
• NATO: Operation Unified Protector
• European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity: Libyan political situation, elections, revolution, etc
• OPEMAM: Libyan electoral system, politics, and news
• Al Arabiyya News: A timeline of the Libyan Revolution (Caution: Graphic Images)
• The Economist: Libyan Politics
• BBC News: The Muammar Gaddafi Story
• Mu'ammar al-Qaddafi: Online access to all three of Qaddafi's "Green Books"
• Reuters: Italian relations with Libya
• Shabab Libya: The Libyan Youth Movement
• Feb 17 Libya News: News on the Libyan Revolution

• National Endowment for Democracy: US-based organization working on supporting democracy
• USAID: Democracy building in Libya
• UNHCR: Providing aid to refugees, internally displaced persons, and asylum seekers in Libya
• World Organization Against Torture: Active in Libya since 1996, this organization supports legal reform and fights torture
• National Council for Civil Liberties and Human Rights (NCCLHR): Supporting human rights and good governance within Libya (arabic)
• Human Rights Watch: Documents human rights infractions and advocates for a culture of equality and human rights
• *Bonus: Instutut MEDEA: Civil society and foreign donors in Libya

• U.S. Energy Information Administration: Data and Analysis on Libya's Energy Portfolio
• Embassy of the U.S. in Tripoli: Doing Business in Libya
• International Finance Corporation/ The World Bank: Ease of Doing Business in Libya
• The World Bank: Data and Statistics on Development, Governance, and Economy in Libya
• The Economist Intelligence Unit: Data, Analysis, and Reports on Libyan Politics, Policy and Economy
• Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC): Libya's OPEC profile
• Libya Oil Almanac: An OpenOil Reference Guide to Libyan Petroleum, Including a Detailed History of it's Development
• National Oil Corporation: Libya's National Oil Corporation Website
• ShellNews: An Online Repository for Documents Related to the Royal Dutch Shell Group
• Heritage Foundation: 2014 Index of Economic Freedom
• Central Bank of Libya: Libya's National Bank

International Business Times: Ancient Rome in Libya: A Suppressed History Resurfaces after Revolution

Ethnologue: Data on the languages of Libya

Mongabay: Libya's History

Libya Rock Art: Art and Archaeology Mix in South-West Libya

Swiss-Libyan Art Project: "An attempt to make a connection between stone-age rock paintings in the Messak desert to modern-age Libya"

Blogs

• Khadija Teri: Written by an American woman who has lived with her huband in Libya for 24 years
• Libyan Food: Recipes and Pictures of Libyan food
• The Libyan Kitchen: Western Libyan Recipies
• Libyan Spring: Political commentary from a youth perspective in Libya
• Alive in Libya: Covers various topics from regional events to sports to background stories from the revolution
• Libya 360: Pro-Gaddafi Political Analysis of Libyan Current Events and History