Libya Activist
Salwa Bugaighis
سلوى بوقعيقيصLibyan lawyer and secular pro-democracy activist; a leading voice in the 2011 revolution and a vocal critic of Islamist militias after Gaddafi's fall. Assassinated at her home in Benghazi on 25 June 2014 — the day of Libya's parliamentary elections, which she had publicly urged Libyans to vote in.
- Country
- Libya
- Party
- Independent / unaligned
- Role
- Activist
- Status
- Historical figure
Position
1 source document on file for Salwa Bugaighis (below). A document-grounded individual position is being scored from it; until that passes review no compass point is shown, rather than imply a precision the dataset doesn't yet have.
Source documents
Texts tied to this politician — speeches, interviews, op-eds. The scoring pipeline reads these when scoring positions against documents. All documents →
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Interview English Salwa Bugaighis (Libyan human-rights lawyer; 2011 revolution leader; ex-NTC member) — interview quotes (Tripoli, late 2011, per openDemocracy): on women being sidelined after the revolution despite being "very effective," and her insight that "getting freedom doesn't mean reaching democracy." Assassinated in Benghazi, 25 Jun 2014, hours after voting.
Iman and I were very effective in the beginning but the men didn't believe that women could play a role at this time. They didn't think we had the strength, background or ability. Getting freedom doesn't mean reaching…
How to cite
Each record carries a retrieval date because the dataset is live — individual entries update as verification deepens. Use the per-record citation when referencing this specific profile; use the dataset citation below when referencing the project as a whole.
In-text: (Gara, 2026)
Per-record citation
APA 7Reference list · academic default
Gara, T. (2026). Salwa Bugaighis [Politician profile]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved August 6, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/salwa-bugaighis
Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals
Gara, Tarek. 2026. "Salwa Bugaighis." Politician profile, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed August 6, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/salwa-bugaighis.
BibTeXFor LaTeX / Zotero / reference managers
@misc{tayyar-salwa-bugaighis,
title = {{Salwa Bugaighis}},
author = {Gara, Tarek},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
type = {Politician profile},
url = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/salwa-bugaighis},
urldate = {2026-08-06},
note = {First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
} Dataset / working-paper citation
If you're citing Tayyar as a project rather than this individual record.
APA 7Preprint
Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved August 6, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper
BibTeXPreprint
@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
title = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
author = {Gara, Tarek},
year = {2026},
type = {Preprint},
url = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
urldate = {2026-08-06},
note = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
} First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.