The head of the local council of Tawergha, Abdul Rahman Shakshak, denied that protesters from Tawergha stormed the Presidential Council’s headquarters in Tripoli. Shakshak said that the demonstration today is purely civil, organized by the people and civil society organizations in Tawergha to demand their right to return to their …
Read More »Libyan Consul General of Marseille deplores accusation of Libya’s involvement in slave trade and explains its relationship with Africans
On Sunday, the Libyan consul general in Marseille, France, Abdel Salam Al-Qadi, said that Libyans sympathize with their African brothers due to the circumstances that led them to emigrate. A source in the consulate said that the judge, during his speech at the gathering, denounced what he deemed as a …
Read More »BREAKING: Libyan Company for Ground Services at Misrata airport suspends protests and resumes flights on Thursday
The President of the worker’s union at the Libyan Company for Ground Services at the Misrata airport, Hasan Al-Taeb, confirmed with Arraed LG: Company’s employees suspended their protest and flights will resume on Thursday. Al-Taeb added that the suspension of the protest was decided following promises from the people and …
Read More »Qaddafi’s Grip on the Capital Tightens as Revolt Grows
(Republished from the New York Times) TOBRUK, Libya — Vowing to track down and kill protesters “house by house,” Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi of Libya tightened his grip on the capital, Tripoli, on Tuesday, but the eastern half of the country was slipping beyond his control. A bloody crackdown drove protesters …
Read More »Qaddafi’s Son Warns of Civil War as Libyan Protests Widen
(Republished from the New York Times) CAIRO — A five-day-old uprising in Libya took control of its second-largest city of Benghazi and spread for the first time to the capital of Tripoli late on Sunday as the heir-apparent son of its strongman, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, warned Libyans in a televised …
Read More »Protests spread to Libya
(Published by CNN World Middle East) (CNN) — Unprecedented demonstrations sweeping the Middle East and North Africa spread Wednesday to Libya, where police clashed with anti-government protesters in the coastal city of Benghazi, an independent source told CNN. About 200 protesters came out to show support for human rights activist …
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