2000 in Libya

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The following lists events that happened in 2000 in Libya .

Incumbents

• President: Muammar al-Gaddafi
• Prime Minister: Muhammad Ahmad al-Mangoush (until 1 March), Imbarek Shamekh (starting 1 March)

Events

January

• 13 January - 2000 Marsa Brega Short 360 crash

March

• 2 March - Imbarek Shamekh is appointed Secretary of the General People's Committee. ^[1]

• Six Libyan nationals are sentenced in absentia by the Court of Assizes in Paris to life imprisonment for the 1989 bombing of a French UTA airliner over Niger. ^[2]

April

• 7 April - The Egyptian Court of Cassation suspends a Cairo Court of Appeals ruling ordering compensation to the wife of disappeared Libyan opposition leader Mansour Kikhiya. ^[2]
• The UN Security Council suspends the international air embargo and other sanctions against Libya after two suspects for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing trial are handed over. ^[2]

August

• Mohammad 'Ali al-Bakoush, detained without charge since 1989, dies in Abu Salim Prison reportedly due to poor detention conditions. ^[2]

September

• 15 September - 1 October: 2000 Summer Olympics - Libya competes at the Sydney Olympics with three athletes in judo, taekwondo, and marathon, winning no medals. ^[3]
• 30 September - Colonel Mu'ammar al-Gaddafi publicly invites Amnesty International and other human rights groups to visit Libya, denying the existence of political prisoners. ^[2]

• The government expels hundreds of sub-Saharan workers following mob violence and attacks on their residences and workplaces. ^[4]

October

• 18–29 October: 2000 Summer Paralympics - Libya sends its largest-ever delegation (17 athletes across 3 sports) to the Sydney 2000 Summer Paralympics. Abdelrahim Hamed wins Libya's first-ever Paralympic medal, a bronze, in the men's +100 kg powerlifting event (lifting 235 kg). ^{[5] [6]}

References

1. "CIA -- The World Factbook 2000 -- Libya". user.iiasa.ac.at. Retrieved 2025-07-24.
2. Amnesty International, Amnesty International Report 2000 - Libya, -, 1 June 2000, https://www.refworld.org/reference/annualreport/amnesty/2000/en/24436 [accessed 24 July 2025]
3. "Libya at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2025-07-24.
4. "Report on Human Rights Practices for 2000--Libya". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved 2025-07-24.
5. "Paralympic Results & Historical Records". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2025-07-24.
6. "DEVELOPING COUNTRY PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL DISABILITY SPORT COMPETITION: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE" (PDF).