Gaddafi's son censored

Colonel Gaddafi's son, Saif al-Islam, has become the latest victim of censorship in Libya. Printing of his weekly newspaper, Oea, has been suspended after it called for a "final assault" on government corruption.

The suspension order came from prime minister Al-Baghdadi Ali Al-Mahmoudi, though the paper's electronic edition is still available on the internet.

Reuters notes that Oea and another paper published by Saif al-Islam's Al-Ghad media group disappeared from the news-stands for six months earlier this year but resumed publishing in July.

The latest move is seen as part of a battle over reform between Saif al-Islam and Libya's political establishment.

Posted by Brian Whitaker, 6 November 2010.