Showing posts with label Revolution in Libya. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Revolution in Libya. Show all posts
Saturday, 9 April 2011
Sunday, 20 February 2011
200 shot dead by Gaddafi's forces in Libya
Libyan forces fired machine-guns at mourners in the eastern city of Benghazi Sunday, a day after commandos and foreign mercenaries pummeled demonstrators with assault rifles and other heavy weaponry. Libyan security forces opened fire on mourners at a funeral for anti-government protesters in the eastern city of Benghazi again, a day after commandos and foreign mercenaries loyal to longtime leader Moammar Gaddafi attacked demonstrators with knives, assault rifles and other heavy weaponry. A doctor at one city hospital said he counted 200 dead in his morgue alone since unrest began six days ago.
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| Protesters mourning in Libya |
The crackdown in Libya is shaping up to be the most brutal repression of the anti-government protests that began with uprisings that toppled the regimes in Tunisia and Egypt. The protests then spread quickly around the region to Bahrain, Yemen, Libya, Algeria, Morocco and outside the Middle East to places including the East African nation of Djibouti and even China. The latest violence in the flashpoint city of Benghazi followed the same pattern as the crackdown on Saturday, when witnesses said forces loyal to Gaddafi attacked mourners at a funeral for anti-government protesters. The doctor at a Benghazi hospital said at least one person was killed by gunshots during the funeral march, and 14 were injured, including five in serious condition. He spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal.
Saturday, 19 February 2011
Helicopters fire on Libyan protesters - more than 84 killed
Helicopters fired at demonstrators and sounds of gunfire rang out Saturday in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, a doctor who witnessed the incident told a foreign news agency. The doctor said dozens of injured people were hospitalized, most suffering from gunshot wounds. The Libyan government is using aerial fire to crack down on protesters as nationwide protests continue to shake the cruel monarch Muammar Gaddafi's regime. Medical sources have described the situation as critical.
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| Thousands of demonstrators gathered in the eastern Libyan cities of Benghazi, Baida, Ajdabiya, Zawiya, and Derna on February 18, 2011. |
This as Human Rights Watch says at least 84 anti-government protesters have been killed by Libyan security forces during the past three days. Thirty-five fatalities have been reported by a hospital in Benghazi. Internet services have been shut down across the country. The protesters have been demanding the ouster of Libyan leader Gaddafi who has been in power for over 40 years.
Friday, 18 February 2011
20 protesters killed in Libya on the “Day of Rage”
Unrest spread across the Middle East and North Africa on Thursday as Bahrain launched a swift military crackdown on anti-government protesters and bloody clashes were reported in Libya and Yemen. Libyan protesters seeking to oust longtime leader Moammar Gaddafi defied a crackdown and took to the streets in four cities Thursday on what activists have dubbed a “day of rage”, amid reports that at least 20 demonstrators have been killed in clashes with pro-government forces. New York-based Human Rights Watch said Libyan internal security forces also have arrested at least 14 people. Hundreds of pro-government demonstrators also rallied in the capital, Tripoli, blocking traffic in some areas, witnesses said. An opposition website and an anti-Gaddafi activist said unrest broke out during marches in four Libyan cities Thursday. Organizers were using social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter to call for nationwide demonstrations. “Today the Libyans broke the barrier or fear, it is a new dawn”, said Faiz Jibril, an opposition leader in exile. Gaddafi’s government has moved quickly to try to stop Libyans from joining the wave of uprisings in the Middle East that have ousted the leaders of Egypt and Tunisia. It has proposed the doubling of government employees’ salaries and released 110 suspected militants who oppose him — tactics similar to those adopted by other Arab regimes facing recent mass protests. The official news agency JANA also reported that thousands of Gaddafi’s supporters planned a rally later Thursday in Tripoli as well as demonstrations in other cities to express “eternal unity with the brother leader of the revolution,” as the leader is known.
Witnesses in the capital said many government supporters were raising Libyan flags from their cars and chanting slogans in favour of Gaddafi. They said it was otherwise business as usual in the capital and stores remained open. Protests already have turned violent. Opposition website Libya Al-Youm said four protesters were slain by snipers from the Internal Security Forces in the eastern city of Beyida, which had protests Wednesday and Thursday. It’s not clear when the protesters were killed. The website also said there was a demonstration Thursday in Benghazi, Libya’s second-lLargest city.
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