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Libya grants immunity to ‘revolutionaries’

Libya grants immunity to ‘revolutionaries’

Al Arabiya Libyan authorities on Thursday granted immunity to former rebels who fought to oust Moamer Kadhafi’s regime and unveiled legislation that cracks down on the fallen strongman’s supporters. “There is no punishment for acts made [...]

London wants to buy off Libyan dissident

London wants to buy off Libyan dissident

VOR The British authorities have offered Libyan dissident Abdel Hakim Belhaj one million pounds sterling in compensation, The Guardian writes citing unnamed sources. Abdel Hakim Belhaj filed a lawsuit against Sir Mark Allen, the MI6 officer [...]

Stratfor Emails: US Government Contractor Was Involved In Gaddafi Killing

Stratfor Emails: US Government Contractor Was Involved In Gaddafi Killing

Steve Watson Infowars Emails obtained from intelligence gathering outfit Stratfor and leaked by Wikileaks show that a former director of Blackwater, the US mercenary contractor organization, was sent by the US government to fight alongside rebels [...]

Russia calls for probe into NATO’s bombings in Libya

Russia calls for probe into NATO’s bombings in Libya

Xinhua Russia on Monday called for an investigation into the “massive bombings” by NATO during last year’s Libya conflict. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made the call at a high- level UN Security Council meeting on [...]

Gaddafi ‘contributed €50m to Sarkozy’s 2007 presidential election fund’

Gaddafi ‘contributed €50m to Sarkozy’s 2007 presidential election fund’

Kim Willsher The Guardian French president hit by new claims as confidential note suggests ex-Libyan leader helped finance his election campaign  Damaging new claims have emerged about the funding of Nicolas Sarkozy‘s 2007 election campaign and [...]

Shocking video: Libyan rebels cage black Africans, force-feed them flags

Shocking video: Libyan rebels cage black Africans, force-feed them flags

A shocking video has appeared on the Internet showing Libyan rebels torturing a group of black Africans. People with their hands bound are shown being locked in a zoo-like cage and forced to eat the old [...]

Qaddafi’s son warns of a ‘real uprising’ in Libya, urges leaders to stop violence

Qaddafi’s son warns of a ‘real uprising’ in Libya, urges leaders to stop violence

Al Arabiya One of the sons of Libya’s late leader Muammar Qaddafi, Saadi Qaddafi, who is currently a fugitive in Niger told Al Arabiya late Friday that there is a growing uprising in the country and [...]

Amnesty International Closes Online Poll, Hides Human Rights Hero Winner

Amnesty International Closes Online Poll, Hides Human Rights Hero Winner

Mathaba Mathaba News Agency was able to capture evidence of fraud and cheating by Amnesty International USA in its on-line poll for “Human Rights Hero” of 2011. Already under intense criticism worldwide for having ignored the [...]

Libya: Diplomat Dies from Torture in Militia Custody

Libya: Diplomat Dies from Torture in Militia Custody

Human Rights Watch (Tripoli) – A Libyan diplomat who served as ambassador to France died less than 24 hours after he was detained by a Tripoli-based militia from the town of Zintan, Human Rights Watch said today. [...]

US was Target of Libyan-Style “Revolution”

US was Target of Libyan-Style “Revolution”

Henry Makow Ph.D henrymakow The difference between the US Civil War and the Libyan “revolution” is that Russia came to America’s rescue in 1863 but did not intervene on Libya’s behalf in 2011. The US Civil [...]

Rival Militias in Libya Wage Turf Battles, Defy Interim Government

Rival Militias in Libya Wage Turf Battles, Defy Interim Government

By John Glaser Anti War Widespread criminality and defiant armed gangs destabilize the newly-formed post-Gadhafi country Rival militias about 10 miles west of Libya’s capital clashed violently over the weekend, ending with the death of one [...]

Leaked UN report reveals torture, lynchings and abuse in post-Gaddafi Libya

Leaked UN report reveals torture, lynchings and abuse in post-Gaddafi Libya

Kim Sengupta, Solomon Hughes Uruknet Thousands of people, including women and children, are being illegally detained by rebel militias in Libya, according to a report by the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Many of the prisoners [...]