In pictures: Libya on the brink. Libya: Death toll from escalating unrest 'tops 100' 20 February 2011Last updated at 20:49 Doctor 'Braikah' in Benghazi describes 'a massacre' (Amateur video with this interview purportedly shows recent unrest in several parts of Libya) Details have emerged of huge casualty figures in the Libyan city of Benghazi, where troops have launched a brutal crackdown on protesters. More than 200 people are known to have died, doctors say, with 900 injured.
The most bloody attacks were reported over the weekend, as funeral marches were said to have come under machine-gun and heavy weapons fire. One doctor, speaking amid the sound of fresh gunfire on Sunday, told the BBC that "a real massacre" had happened. Human Rights Watch says at least 173 people have been killed in Libya since demonstrations began on Wednesday. Benghazi, the country's second city, has been a leading focus of protests against four decades of rule by Col Muammar Gaddafi. Continue reading the main story “Start Quote Tripoli is very important, it's got people from all over Libya.
Kadhafi accusé d'ordonner des viols en Libye. Les enquêteurs ont des preuves que le dirigeant Mouammar Kadhafi a ordonné des viols en série. "Nous avions des doutes au début mais maintenant nous sommes convaincus qu'il a décidé de punir en utilisant les viols", a indiqué Luis Moreno-Ocampo, procureur de la Cour pénale internationale, ce mercredi. "Maintenant nous recevons des informations sur le fait que Kadhafi a décidé lui-même de ces viols et c'est nouveau". Il a expliqué que, selon certains informations, des centaines de femmes auraient été agressées dans certaines zones de Libye. "Le viol est une nouvelle forme de répression", a dit le procureur. Luis Moreno-Ocampo a indiqué qu'il pourrait donc requérir un nouveau chef d'accusation contre Kadhafi du fait de ces nouveaux éléments.
Avec. Killed in Libya. Libya: Unrest and uncertainty. Libyan authorities accuse al Qaeda of sending in drugs. TRIPOLI, March 3 (Reuters) - Libyan authorities accused al Qaeda on Thursday of trying to smuggle 37 million painkillers into the country to alter the minds of young people to join a revolt against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Mahmoud Ali, who said he was the head of Libya's anti-narcotics department, said authorities had intercepted shipments of Tramadol which had originated in Dubai and were purchased by a Libyan drug dealer with ties to al Qaeda.
Libyan officials showed journalists cartons of the drugs seized, including ones with images of King Cobra snakes. "The target was the distribution of the drugs among young people through drug traffickers," Abdel Haqim Giniwa, another anti-narcotics official, told a news conference. "Thanks to all the hard work of the security forces, this quantity of the drug was intercepted. He said the drugs were hidden in containers that were identified for furniture, sports equipment and marble tiles. Libyan police stations torched - Africa. Hundreds of protesters have reportedly torched Libyan police outposts in the eastern city of Beyida, while chanting: "People want the end of the regime. " "All the people of Beyida are out on the streets," said 25-year-old Rabie al-Messrati, who said he had been arrested after spreading a call for protests on Facebook. Online calls of dissent have been growing rapidly over the past few days, with Facebook groups calling for "Uprising on February 17" doubling in popularity between Monday and Wednesday.
In the southern city of Zentan, 120km south of Tripoli, hundreds of people marched through the streets and set fire to security headquarters and a police station, then set up tents in the heart of the town, as a wave of unrest spread south and westwards across the country. Activists had earlier clashed with government supporters and police, who reportedly shot rubber-coated steel bullets and used water cannon in Benghazi city. There are just 30 members of the group remaining in prison. Libyans bury dead after clashes - Africa. Security forces in Libya have killed scores of pro-democracy protesters in demonstrations demanding the ousting of Muammar Gaddafi, the country's long time ruler. A doctor in Benghazi, the country's second-largest city, told Al Jazeera that he had seen 70 bodies at the main hospital on Friday in one of the harshest crackdowns against peaceful protesters thus far. "I have seen it on my own eyes: At least 70 bodies at the hospital," said Wuwufaq al-Zuwail, a physician.
He added that security forces also prevented ambulances to reach the site of the protests on Friday. Human Rights Watch says that Libyan security forces have killed 84 people over the past three days. The Libyan government has also blocked Al Jazeera TV signal in the country. Protesters shot Marchers mourning dead protesters in Libya's second-largest city have reportedly come under fire from security forces, as protests in the oil-exporting North African nation entered their fifth day.
Deadly clashes on Thursday. Libye : succession dynastique et Dajmahirya monarchique. A titre d’exemple l’UA (Union Africaine) lors de son 17ème sommet tenu à Malabo du 30 juin au 1er juillet 2011, réfute manifestement l’ingérence étrangère mais, paradoxalement, reste dubitatif quant au maintien de Khadafi au pouvoir. La nécessité de chasser Kadhafi à laquelle aspirent les révoltés empêcherait le fils d’hériter du pouvoir... Mais ce dernier ne cesse, comme un hyper-ministre ou un prince, de promettre que le soulèvement sera maté.
Après même que la CPI (Cour Pénale Internationale) a lancé un mandat d’arrêt, des pays africains, les peuples arabes et les lointains Etats d’Amérique Latine, doutent désormais plus des visées des aides que reçoivent les rebelles. De l’intervention quelques pays, non les moindres, occidents et tentés de faire main-basse sur les ressources énergétiques que recèle sous-sol-libyen, la chute de Kadhafi patauge. L’Union africaine, sur laquelle compte toujours Kadhafi, a décidé que les états membres ne coopéreront pas à l’exécution du mandat d’arrêt. Libye. Live Show Sat Mar 19 2011 09:00:52 AM on Libya Alhurra. To LIBYA: We hear you, we see you, we support you!