Libya Al Ahrar ( ar, ليبيا الأحرار) is a

Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Suda ...

n TV channel broadcast by satellite from its headquarters in

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. The channel was created in 2011 during the

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. It presents news, opinions, analysis, photo and video reports about Libya in specific and the region in a wider scope. It focuses on Libya’s revolution and future toward building a democratic state.

Structure

Libya TV was founded by Libyans led by Mahmmud Shammam and Mohamad A. Al Akari. With the full support by the Libyan PM, Dr. Mahmmud Jebrel, who helped to bring the full support from the Qatari government. Mohamad A. Al Akari was the first General Manager, Serage Beshti was the Head of Administration, and Huda Al Srari was Head of PR. Currently it has around 50 employees working to provide exposure to Libyans different opinions. Huda Alsrari were named to be head of Doha operation later 2013 and held this position till mid of 2014 before she had to resign with Mahmoud Shamam. The headquarters is in

, and additional studios are located in

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and

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. Libya TV claims to have correspondents "throughout Libya." Along with Arabic, the channel also broadcasts a show in the Tamazight language and will contain English programming in the future.

Funding

Libya TV is mostly funded by Libyan expatriate businessmen.

Qatar Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it s ...

provides "facilities and technical staff" through the Alrayyan TV station.

Notable broadcasts

Libya TV's plan for April 2011 was to broadcast four hours of original programs, including a news segment and a talk show, daily. Libya TV now broadcasts 12 hours per day both in Arabic and the Tamazight language. In the weeks prior to the battle of Tripoli, Libya TV aired recorded phone calls between key figures in the Gaddafi regime in which they discussed moving bodies of the deceased to places where NATO had previously targeted during airstrikes. On 21 August 2011, amidst the Battle of Tripoli, then- Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril gave a speech on Libya TV urging revolutionary fighters against looting, revenge killings, abusing foreign nationals and mistreating prisoners of war. He also called for unity and asked that police and army units in Tripoli disavow Gaddafi but remain at their posts. On 20 October 2011, Libya TV was the first news channel to report the capture and subsequent death of Muammar Gaddafi.

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External links

* {{Official website, https://libyaalahrar.tv/
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