In several Arab countries again thousands against the ruling regime have demonstrated. In Libya's Gaddafi defends rulers particularly brutal: Security forces shoot allegedly targeted in a crowd. The dictator also makes it difficult to access the Internet. In Libya, it was in the coastal city of Benghazi on Saturday again to bloody clashes between opponents of the leader Muammar al-Gaddafi, and police and military organizations.
Elite troops broke up the demonstrations in the city by force of arms, an eyewitness told the BBC television. Special forces are said to have killed there, according to hospital data for at least 15 people, a memorial service for 35 killed government opponents attended the day before in a square in Benghazi had.
The gunmen had fired from the roof of the headquarters of security forces, said an informant, especially not to be named. Many of the dead bear bullet wounds in the head and chest. Dozens were injured. A hospital pulled up all the doctors of the city to the emergency, the public was calling for blood donations.
Thus, the number of killed Gaddafi's opponents since the protests began five days ago have risen to around a hundred. The regime, meanwhile, broke all Internet traffic in the country, apparently to discourage further protests. Access to the online networks Facebook and Twitter has been cut off, slowing the Internet connections.
Before the recent carnage, the New York-based human rights organization Human Rights Watch, relying on information from several hospitals had already reported 84 dead. Muammar al-Gaddafi also declined on Saturday, the fifth day of protests against his rule, an official statement. Early Saturday morning special forces had a camp of the protesters in Benghazi destroyed.
From the coastal city of Misurata mass protests were reported. There were reportedly the Libyan National Front for rescuing thousands of government opponents on the road and repeatedly shouted "Down with Gaddafi". Bahrain: Military pulls out from the center of protests in Bahrain Thousands of demonstrators flocked to place the beads in the center of the capital Manama.
From there previously were on the order of the Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa withdrawn all military vehicles. The opposition then appealed to a new march towards the square. To have access while the police tried to dislodge the protesters with tear gas, could stop the flow of protesters not.
The opposition of the Gulf state rejected an offer of dialogue as the head of state from not serious. Another prerequisite is next to the departure of the army of the resignation of the government, said a high-ranking representatives of the main Shiite opposition movement in El Wefak, Abdel Jelil Khalil Ibrahim.
To enforce the right to demonstrate, a trade union called for an indefinite general strike starting on Sunday. In a demonstration of government opponents in Algeria, there was in the capital Algiers on Saturday morning, several injured. About 400 people were in spite of the massive police presence on the field of the 1 May gathered in the city to protest against the government and social ills in the country, reported elwatan critical of the government, but as a serious force website.
Fri Accordingly, in the clashes and an opposition deputy was seriously injured. In Yemen, were the protests against President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Saturday. On the tenth day of the protests of the police special forces in the capital Sanaa, according to paramedics have a protester shot dead and five others injured.
The police on Saturday opened fire on the crowd of thousands of demonstrators. In the afternoon, the situation calmed down at first. Students shouted, but on an evening for new protests. Even in Kuwait, there was controversy. Police fired in the vicinity of Kuwait City, tear gas against some 300 Protestants.
The stateless Arabs were demonstrating for their naturalization. In the oil-rich Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, Shiites protested against the discrimination of their religious group in the Islamic kingdom. The small protest took place, according to the Shiite news website from Saturday Rased away last Thursday in the village of Al-Awanija near the town of Qatif.
The protesters complained that Shiites were excluded from the occupation of higher office. They also demanded the release of several Shiites, who sit in jail without trial. The Sunni ruling family of Saudi Arabia following the activities of political organizations in neighboring countries, Yemen and Bahrain, always with great suspicion.
Following the escalation of the largely Shiite-organized protests in Bahrain in recent days has been speculation about whether the Saudis would send troops into the neighboring country possibly even to prevent the overthrow of the Sunni ruling family of Bahrain. In Bahrain, Shiites are the majority of the population.
In Saudi Arabia they are in the minority, however, most Shiites in the eastern region, where large oil fields are that finance the Saudi political system and the luxurious lifestyle of the ruling family of Ibn Saud. In Morocco, community groups and youth groups called for Sunday to demonstrations in all major cities of the country.
They demand democratic reforms and limiting the power of King Mohammed VI .. Morocco had been affected by unrest in countries of the Arab world hardly. The country has a diverse political landscape and a freely elected parliament. The power of the government, however, is limited by the fact that the king on important matters has the last word.
The Foreign Ministers of the European Union wanted to on Sunday night and Monday in Brussels to discuss the situation in the Arab world.
Elite troops broke up the demonstrations in the city by force of arms, an eyewitness told the BBC television. Special forces are said to have killed there, according to hospital data for at least 15 people, a memorial service for 35 killed government opponents attended the day before in a square in Benghazi had.
The gunmen had fired from the roof of the headquarters of security forces, said an informant, especially not to be named. Many of the dead bear bullet wounds in the head and chest. Dozens were injured. A hospital pulled up all the doctors of the city to the emergency, the public was calling for blood donations.
Thus, the number of killed Gaddafi's opponents since the protests began five days ago have risen to around a hundred. The regime, meanwhile, broke all Internet traffic in the country, apparently to discourage further protests. Access to the online networks Facebook and Twitter has been cut off, slowing the Internet connections.
Before the recent carnage, the New York-based human rights organization Human Rights Watch, relying on information from several hospitals had already reported 84 dead. Muammar al-Gaddafi also declined on Saturday, the fifth day of protests against his rule, an official statement. Early Saturday morning special forces had a camp of the protesters in Benghazi destroyed.
From the coastal city of Misurata mass protests were reported. There were reportedly the Libyan National Front for rescuing thousands of government opponents on the road and repeatedly shouted "Down with Gaddafi". Bahrain: Military pulls out from the center of protests in Bahrain Thousands of demonstrators flocked to place the beads in the center of the capital Manama.
From there previously were on the order of the Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa withdrawn all military vehicles. The opposition then appealed to a new march towards the square. To have access while the police tried to dislodge the protesters with tear gas, could stop the flow of protesters not.
The opposition of the Gulf state rejected an offer of dialogue as the head of state from not serious. Another prerequisite is next to the departure of the army of the resignation of the government, said a high-ranking representatives of the main Shiite opposition movement in El Wefak, Abdel Jelil Khalil Ibrahim.
To enforce the right to demonstrate, a trade union called for an indefinite general strike starting on Sunday. In a demonstration of government opponents in Algeria, there was in the capital Algiers on Saturday morning, several injured. About 400 people were in spite of the massive police presence on the field of the 1 May gathered in the city to protest against the government and social ills in the country, reported elwatan critical of the government, but as a serious force website.
Fri Accordingly, in the clashes and an opposition deputy was seriously injured. In Yemen, were the protests against President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Saturday. On the tenth day of the protests of the police special forces in the capital Sanaa, according to paramedics have a protester shot dead and five others injured.
The police on Saturday opened fire on the crowd of thousands of demonstrators. In the afternoon, the situation calmed down at first. Students shouted, but on an evening for new protests. Even in Kuwait, there was controversy. Police fired in the vicinity of Kuwait City, tear gas against some 300 Protestants.
The stateless Arabs were demonstrating for their naturalization. In the oil-rich Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, Shiites protested against the discrimination of their religious group in the Islamic kingdom. The small protest took place, according to the Shiite news website from Saturday Rased away last Thursday in the village of Al-Awanija near the town of Qatif.
The protesters complained that Shiites were excluded from the occupation of higher office. They also demanded the release of several Shiites, who sit in jail without trial. The Sunni ruling family of Saudi Arabia following the activities of political organizations in neighboring countries, Yemen and Bahrain, always with great suspicion.
Following the escalation of the largely Shiite-organized protests in Bahrain in recent days has been speculation about whether the Saudis would send troops into the neighboring country possibly even to prevent the overthrow of the Sunni ruling family of Bahrain. In Bahrain, Shiites are the majority of the population.
In Saudi Arabia they are in the minority, however, most Shiites in the eastern region, where large oil fields are that finance the Saudi political system and the luxurious lifestyle of the ruling family of Ibn Saud. In Morocco, community groups and youth groups called for Sunday to demonstrations in all major cities of the country.
They demand democratic reforms and limiting the power of King Mohammed VI .. Morocco had been affected by unrest in countries of the Arab world hardly. The country has a diverse political landscape and a freely elected parliament. The power of the government, however, is limited by the fact that the king on important matters has the last word.
The Foreign Ministers of the European Union wanted to on Sunday night and Monday in Brussels to discuss the situation in the Arab world.
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