(Washington) Today, the Libya Stabilization Act was reintroduced on the floor of the House of Representatives by members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, along with a companion bill introduced in the Senate. We applaud the committee and U.S. lawmakers for their work on this bill, which holds the potential to substantially aid peace building …
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(Washington DC, 2/10/2021) – The Libyan American Alliance(LAA) is calling on the US Department of Justice to investigate the allegations made by a confidential UN report that implicates Erik Prince, the former head of Blackwater World Wide, in supplying weapons and mercenaries to militia leader Khalifa Hafter who waged a war to overthrow the internationally …
In December 2020, LAA signed onto a coalition letter drafted by the Value Our Families Campaign and the No Muslim Ban Ever Campaign urging President-elect Biden to rescind the Muslim and refugee bans on his first day in office. The full text of the letter is below:
(Washington, DC, 11/20/2020) – The Libyan American Alliance (LAA) welcomed today the passage of House bill H.R. 4644, “the Libya Stabilization Act” that requires the US administration to clarify its strategy, report on foreign interventions, and impose sanctions on those who violate the arms embargo or seek to undermine the stability and security of Libya. …
LAA Supports Calls for Cessation of Hostilities, Urges GNA Attention to Protesters’ Demands The Libyan American Alliance wholeheartedly welcomes the shared calls and declarations from Libyan political actors for the complete cessation of hostilities and an end to the war. We join world governments and international actors in welcoming these developments and hoping that they …
On August 31, 2020, the Libyan American Alliance joined 182 other organizations convened by Refugee Council USA in signing onto a letter addressed to President Trump and Secretary Pompeo expressing strong support for a robust U.S. refugee resettlement program. Over the last five decades of dictatorship and war, tens of thousands of Libyan Americans have …
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Alexandria, Virginia August 3, 2020 The Libyan American Alliance (LAA) learned today that militia leader Khalifa Hifter, who is facing several lawsuits in the United States, has hired New York law firm, Tucker Levin PLLC to represent him in the Eastern District Court of Virginia. It is not clear whether the same firm will represent …
Alexandria, Virginia The Libyan American Alliance (LAA) learned today that militia leader Khalifa Hifter, who is facing several lawsuits in the United States, has hired New York law firm, Tucker Levin PLLC to represent him in the Eastern District Court of Virginia. It is not clear whether the same firm will represent Hifter in other …
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Dear Senators and Representatives, We urge you to oppose all new arms sales to the brutal monarchies of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (the U.A.E.), as well as co-production licenses for weapons manufacturing within Saudi Arabia or the U.A.E. Both Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E. pose significant threats to U.S. interests, and the …
As Libyans and as Americans, all of us here at the Libyan American Alliance are saddened and outraged by the recent murder of George Floyd, a black man, by Minneapolis police officers. Since his death, protests have erupted in hundreds of US cities and across the world, expressing deep pain and righteous anger about this …
