Friday, February 18, 2011

Riots in Libya: Gaddafi police fired on opponents

The opponents of the regime in Libya intensify their protests against dictator Gaddafi. In several cities sparked demonstrations in the police force, according to opposition figures were at least 35 people killed. Even in Bahrain, the police beat down protests. Tripoli - The protests have intensified in Libya on Thursday.

Despite massive intimidation of the security forces, opponents gathered in at least four cities, demanding among other things, the resignation of President Muammar al-Gaddafi. At the rallies of the opposition, according to reports, at least 35 protesters killed. Alone in the city of Al-Baidha 35 people were killed, told the opposition newspaper al-Yaum Libya on Thursday evening.

There was no confirmation of it at first. to many deaths there have been some in the cities of Beida, Benghazi and Sentan. According to the Libyan opposition demonstrators were shot at in the town of Beida sniper. Previously, a total of 14 people killed in the protests against the incumbent head of state since 1969 been mentioned.

Others reportedly killed 20 demonstrators. A total of 14 protesters were arrested, said the human rights organization Human Rights Watch. In the capital, hundreds of government supporters gathered at rallies. According to Libyan opposition websites and an opponent Gaddafi took place in four cities of the country on Thursday protest rallies.

The calls to participate in the demonstrations on the "Day of Wrath" are both in Tunisia and Egypt spread via Facebook and Twitter. Several dead in Bahrain Similar to other Arab rulers tried Gaddafi to reassure the population with concessions. He doubled the wages of government employees and released 110 suspected Islamist extremists.

As the official news agency reported on Thursday also demonstrations by thousands of supporters Gaddafi in Tripoli and other cities were planned. You should see the "eternal unity with the leaders of the revolution," it said. Witnesses reported that government supporters in Tripoli had secured Libyan flags on their cars.

Otherwise, the situation in the capital but was quiet. Also in Bahrain on Thursday, there were clashes between police and demonstrators. Riot police broke up a multi-day protest action on the central bead in place of the capital Manama with violence. According to doctors, there were four deaths.

The Foreign Minister expressed regret over the violence later. After evacuation of the occupied space since Monday for the first time soldiers and tanks patrolled the capital. Barack Obama called on the government to end the violence against demonstrators. Any other form of repression must be no, said his spokesman.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon called for the punishment of those responsible in Bahrain. "There and elsewhere should not be used violence against peaceful demonstrators and journalists. This has to stop," he said in New York. Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle condemned the brutal police action.

According to the Foreign Office is currently holding about 700 German in the country. In Egypt, the hated former Interior Minister Habib al-Adli has been arrested following allegations of corruption. Also arrested were former Housing Minister Ahmed Maghrabi, former Tourism Minister Suhair Garana and Steel Industrial Ahmad Izz, who played a leading role in the National Democratic Party Hosni Mubarak.

All must remain because of the ongoing investigation 15 days in prison. Al-Adli has been blamed by many opponents of the brutal police action against peaceful demonstrators in the country-wide protests against Mubarak. Egypt's democracy movement called for a new mass rally on Tahrir Square in Cairo.

It should be celebrated on Friday the victory over Mubarak. The government promised further reforms in Algeria and a speedy end to emergency rule. Under the impact of political changes in Tunisia and Egypt had in the past few weeks formed Algerian resistance against the ruling system and the social ills in the country.

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