2000 in Libya

none 2000 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.CIA -- The World Factbook 2000 -- Libya https://user.iiasa.ac.at/~marek/fbook/00/geos/ly.html 2025-07-24 user.iiasa.ac.at 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.Amnesty International, Amnesty International Report 2000 - Libya, -, 1 June 2000, https://www.refworld.org/reference/annualreport/amnesty/2000/en/24436 [accessed 24 July 2025] 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. 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. August Mohammad 'Ali al-Bakoush, detained without charge since 1989, dies in Abu Salim Prison reportedly due to poor detention conditions. 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.Libya at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games Olympics at Sports-Reference.com https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/LBA/summer/2000/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200417092944/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/LBA/summer/2000/ 2020-04-17 2025-07-24 Olympics at Sports-Reference.com en 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. The government expels hundreds of sub-Saharan workers following mob violence and attacks on their residences and workplaces.Report on Human Rights Practices for 2000--Libya https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/report-on-human-rights-practices-for-2000-libya 2025-07-24 www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org 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).Paralympic Results & Historical Records https://www.paralympic.org/results/historical 2025-07-24 International Paralympic Committee enDEVELOPING COUNTRY PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL DISABILITY SPORT COMPETITION: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE https://www.sportanddev.org/sites/default/files/downloads/70__developing_country_participation_in_international_disability_sport_competition.pdf References 2000 Category:Years of the 20th century in Libya Libya Libya Category:2000s in Libya