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By: Alan Cohan
Unbiased view on this topic Attempt to play the devils advocate
Highlighting the pros and cons of every ideology and system
implemented by the government
Two short years after the death and dethroning of tyrant
Muammar Gadhafi, the country's political freedom rank has increased
to a four on the freedomhouse.org freedom scale. Granted, this is
still not incredibly high on the scale and is only a marginal
improvement because of how badly it was rated in years prior.
In March 2013, a representative of the government called for a
ban on women marrying foreign men and woman mixing with men in the
workplace because it encouraged unethical behavior. Also, only 83%
of woman over the age of 15 can read. This shows that woman do not
get the same kind of education as men.
Libyas stance on Religious freedom is a tricky one. On one hand
they accept religions other than Islam. Yet on the other hand they
criminalize the proselytizing (the changing of one religion to
another) of Muslim people. Another prohibited religious activity is
the reproduction and importing of bibles. Mixed message???
One point that must be kept in mind is that Libya is a 97%
Islamic nation meaning that the government must follow the Islam
guidelines. Many of the Islamic beliefs are controversial and can
sometimes be restrictive on people (woman especially). With this in
mind, it is difficult for the government to completely disregard
the book that nearly everyone follows in their country. Taking
credit away from the government is how the allow so little
individual freedom. Individual freedom is something everyone should
be entitled to at its fullest level.
Individuals not associated with the government may not posses
any firearms Alcohol has been banned since 1969 and other drug use
is highly illegal Freedom of speech has made great strides from the
Gadhafi era to post-Gadhafi era. This is largely attributed to the
fact that people were tired of being censored by the government.
Libya ranked 131 in the free-press index in 2013 although is was a
23 spot improvement from 2012 (just as a comparison Venezuela
ranked 117 so be grateful for what you have and stop complaining
about what you dont
Libyan people have the right to vote for whomever they choose
to for the most part. There have been some banned parties like the
Libyan Popular National Movement. This party was banned because the
leader was connected to one of Gadhafi's sons. Libyan people value
political freedom more than anything after the excruciating 42
years under the Gadhafi regime. This is one thing that people in
Libya have a firm grasp on and will not allow anyone to gain to
much power. The political sovereignty in Libya can be affected by
the many militias that helped overthrow Gadhafi. These militias go
around doing what the want and it can influence the government
Overall, political freedom in Libya is not good. It is good in
the sense that one may vote for whomever they want but since Libyas
government is still in a transitional stage things can be a little
chaotic when it comes to decision making. After the overthrow of
the Gadhafi regime, Libya has not quite gotten a good grasp on the
government. In Libya it is very unclear whom is making the
decisions when it comes to politics. This is largely because of the
rebel groups that still roam the streets of Libya.
Libya has some national freedom but not entirely Libya has
basically NO influence from other countries or groups Libyas
government is still in a transitional stage and therefore still do
not make all the laws themselves. In fact it is reported that many
of the laws and rules are made by some non-government affiliated
people (rebels).
Order can be difficult to maintain in Libya because the many
militias that still patrol the streets following their own rules.
Law enforcement in Libya has been trained by the United kingdom to
fight off any other threats (mostly militia)