Sanjeev Dhari, an Indian assistant professor of English, called on the Libyan interim government to intervene and ensure that he receives his long-time unpaid salaries. Dhari had been teaching English in Libya at two Universities, The Tripoli University and the Elmergib University.
The Indian professor was not paid his wages by the Ministry of Education of Libya and was also not given visa authorisation by the Libyan government for every year of his stay, according to his online interview with Global Bihari news website.
“I’m still an assistant professor since 2009. On the basis of 4 articles submitted to Tripoli University in 2017, I should be given the position of associate professor even if I go back without salary. But with visa I can claim salary even after 5 years and become a professor,” he told Global Bihari.
He pleaded that his message be conveyed to Indian Ministry of External Affairs and Indian Ambassador in Tunisia so that his visa could be secured.
With the new United Nations-backed interim government at the helm in Libya, Sanjeev said that it was important to inform the new interim Prime Minister of the country, Abdelhamid Al-Dbaiba, about his travails and the injustice he experienced. He said he needed to be compensated for his ordeals and that he was never given air tickets, as stated in the contract, since 2013.
For nine long years, Sanjeev has unsuccessfully knocked on all doors for justice, and in the process undergone a very tough ordeal.
He made fervent pleas to authorities in Tunisia’s Indian embassy, Ministers in his home state of Bihar as well as Libya’s Government of National Unity (GNU), to rescue him from the dire situation, threatening his livelihood.
Sanjeev is living in the college security room at Msllatta which is under the control of the Elmergib University since the first of May 2019. Before this he was living at the Tripoli University medical hostel from June 2018 to April 2019. He is leading a solitary life and surviving on his savings. On September 12, 2017 he received 21 month’s salary (instead of the 39 months that was due).