The World - News from June 14, 1988

Libya has banned housemaids, most divorces and the manufacture of nuclear weapons under a charter aimed at achieving world peace, the official Libyan news agency JANA said. The agency, in announcing a 27-point human rights document, said Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi plans to send envoys around the world to “destroy jails, free prisoners and abolish the death penalty, hard labor and life sentences.” The charter abolishes the manufacture, trade and export of arms, including nuclear and chemical weapons. It also bans divorce, “except when a just trial permitted it” and bars the employment of housemaids.