Clashes between protesters angry over the arrest of a human rights activist on the one hand, police and other government supporters broke out last night in Libya in the city of Benghazi. Hospital sources speak of 38 people injured. Across the country, say the official media, held demonstrations in support of the Government of leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Concordant sources say that the police forcibly dispersed a sit-in in Benghazi composed of family members of prisoners killed in a shootout in 1996 in the prison of Abu Slim, in Tripoli, who have gathered to demand the release of their coordination, 'lawyer Fethi Tarbela, who was arrested for reasons not known.
Tarbela would be released under pressure from the victims' families, as we read in the newspaper Qurina the site, close to the leader Kadhafi's son Seif al-Islam. But the crowd of family members did not leave the square and was joined by other people, prompting the police to intervene. Immediately after the intervention of the police, hundreds of government supporters marched in Benghazi, as has happened in other cities of Libya.
"We are confident that tomorrow there will be a big demonstration in Benghazi against the regime of Muammar Gaddafi." It 'as said film critic and Libyan Mohammed Makhlouf, in an interview with the BBC's Arabic edition. "The revolt against Gaddafi part because it is the city of Benghazi, the country's most revolutionary - he explains - in addition to day there is a climate of tension in the city, in preparation for tomorrow when we will commemorate the anniversary of the violence of 17 February 2006.
That day, police fired at young demonstrators outside the Italian Consulate. This story has contributed to Benghazi the capital of the opposition in the country. " The director refers to the incident that saw the then Minister Roberto Calderoli TV show in a T-shirt with cartoons of Muhammad, provoking protests in Benghazi.
Makhlouf further alleges that his country does not believe in the existence of a struggle between the old and the new guard of the regime. "I do not think there is a real contrast between Gaddafi and his son Seif al-Islam - he explains - are all part of the same regime. Although no one believed it, I believe that the revolution in Libya has begun.
" On the protests in Libya that could reproduce the scenarios already seen earlier in Egypt and Tunisia, the heir of King Idris says he does not fear the reaction of the military, "which will surely like Cairo, where they defended the people, not the 'attacked, "but rather" certain violent militias, some linked to Gaddafi's sons.
" And the role of the six sons of Colonel, according to al-Senussi, makes the peculiar situation in Libya. "If we take the example of Morocco, we see that there is not a caste bulky around the young King Mohammed VI and why the situation is more stable, there are reforms, a parliament that works, parties, press freedom," he says.
"Instead, Libya, the leader has six children, who control all sectors of society, economy and politics - he says - But Gaddafi should learn the experience of the former rais Hosni Mubarak and understand that his fall is over the era of hereditary republic ". For Prince, the situation is "critical" and "threatens to explode sooner or later" in Algeria, where, however, "the military can control everything and so it is difficult to give a voice to the discontent." And on the situation in Egypt, al-Senussi praised "the role of youth", as well as that of the military, who "have achieved a reasonable compromise, avoided further bloodshed," no "humiliating Mubarak." "Now the West must push for a transition in a short time - he says - because the process is too long in the hands of the military would be dangerous." Of course, in his opinion, the revolt is an irreversible process which will cover the entire area.
"In the square there are also women - sottiolinea - and the powerful should remember that the French Revolution happened when it came to women also took to the field next to men." Libyan leader Muammar "Gaddafi behave with intelligence and he starts to change, begin immediately to implement the reforms, avoid bloodshed." And 'the appeal that the Prince Idris al-Senussi, nephew of the last king of Libya, whose name it bears, addressed to Colonel Gaddafi, in view of the' day of anger 'proclaimed tomorrow on the heels of riots in Egypt and Tunisia.
In an interview with news agency AKI Adnkronos International, al-Senussi, whose own grandfather was deposed in 1969 by Qaddafi, says he is ready to "return to Libya at the right time to make a contribution to the country once that will begin the change. " Already this morning, in view of the march called for tomorrow through Facebook and Twitter, in Benghazi are directors violent clashes between the police in some groups of demonstrators, in which at least 14 people were injured.
"Libya is a rich country, which ironically is confronted with extreme poverty - says the Prince Idris - There are unemployment and rampant corruption, a health collapse. Gaddafi, who is undoubtedly an intelligent leader, must realize that this situation can not last long, that even if he succeeds in suppressing the expression of 17, others will follow, and others, such as Cairo and Tunis, where the squares were emptied only after the fall of the regime.
The anger of young Libyans, according to al-Senussi, who now lives between Rome and Washington, is justified by the fact that in Libya there is no constitution, no one knows what is there after Gaddafi, who will take his place in According to what rules will be handled the transfer of power.
" "People do not necessarily obvious why Gaddafi to go, but wants clear rules and wants a change - add - and also wants to know what happens to oil revenues, claims that are distributed among the entire population, which should not be only a limited ". The High Representative for EU foreign policy Catherine Ashton has appealed to the Libyan authorities because heed "to the demands of the demonstrators and the voices of civil society." Through his spokesman, Maja Kocijancic, Ashton calls on Libyan authorities to "allow free expression" of opinions and events.
The High Representative, which follows very closely the situation in Libya, launched an appeal for calm prevails and "have avoided all violence." 
Concordant sources say that the police forcibly dispersed a sit-in in Benghazi composed of family members of prisoners killed in a shootout in 1996 in the prison of Abu Slim, in Tripoli, who have gathered to demand the release of their coordination, 'lawyer Fethi Tarbela, who was arrested for reasons not known.
Tarbela would be released under pressure from the victims' families, as we read in the newspaper Qurina the site, close to the leader Kadhafi's son Seif al-Islam. But the crowd of family members did not leave the square and was joined by other people, prompting the police to intervene. Immediately after the intervention of the police, hundreds of government supporters marched in Benghazi, as has happened in other cities of Libya.
"We are confident that tomorrow there will be a big demonstration in Benghazi against the regime of Muammar Gaddafi." It 'as said film critic and Libyan Mohammed Makhlouf, in an interview with the BBC's Arabic edition. "The revolt against Gaddafi part because it is the city of Benghazi, the country's most revolutionary - he explains - in addition to day there is a climate of tension in the city, in preparation for tomorrow when we will commemorate the anniversary of the violence of 17 February 2006.
That day, police fired at young demonstrators outside the Italian Consulate. This story has contributed to Benghazi the capital of the opposition in the country. " The director refers to the incident that saw the then Minister Roberto Calderoli TV show in a T-shirt with cartoons of Muhammad, provoking protests in Benghazi.
Makhlouf further alleges that his country does not believe in the existence of a struggle between the old and the new guard of the regime. "I do not think there is a real contrast between Gaddafi and his son Seif al-Islam - he explains - are all part of the same regime. Although no one believed it, I believe that the revolution in Libya has begun.
" On the protests in Libya that could reproduce the scenarios already seen earlier in Egypt and Tunisia, the heir of King Idris says he does not fear the reaction of the military, "which will surely like Cairo, where they defended the people, not the 'attacked, "but rather" certain violent militias, some linked to Gaddafi's sons.
" And the role of the six sons of Colonel, according to al-Senussi, makes the peculiar situation in Libya. "If we take the example of Morocco, we see that there is not a caste bulky around the young King Mohammed VI and why the situation is more stable, there are reforms, a parliament that works, parties, press freedom," he says.
"Instead, Libya, the leader has six children, who control all sectors of society, economy and politics - he says - But Gaddafi should learn the experience of the former rais Hosni Mubarak and understand that his fall is over the era of hereditary republic ". For Prince, the situation is "critical" and "threatens to explode sooner or later" in Algeria, where, however, "the military can control everything and so it is difficult to give a voice to the discontent." And on the situation in Egypt, al-Senussi praised "the role of youth", as well as that of the military, who "have achieved a reasonable compromise, avoided further bloodshed," no "humiliating Mubarak." "Now the West must push for a transition in a short time - he says - because the process is too long in the hands of the military would be dangerous." Of course, in his opinion, the revolt is an irreversible process which will cover the entire area.
"In the square there are also women - sottiolinea - and the powerful should remember that the French Revolution happened when it came to women also took to the field next to men." Libyan leader Muammar "Gaddafi behave with intelligence and he starts to change, begin immediately to implement the reforms, avoid bloodshed." And 'the appeal that the Prince Idris al-Senussi, nephew of the last king of Libya, whose name it bears, addressed to Colonel Gaddafi, in view of the' day of anger 'proclaimed tomorrow on the heels of riots in Egypt and Tunisia.
In an interview with news agency AKI Adnkronos International, al-Senussi, whose own grandfather was deposed in 1969 by Qaddafi, says he is ready to "return to Libya at the right time to make a contribution to the country once that will begin the change. " Already this morning, in view of the march called for tomorrow through Facebook and Twitter, in Benghazi are directors violent clashes between the police in some groups of demonstrators, in which at least 14 people were injured.
"Libya is a rich country, which ironically is confronted with extreme poverty - says the Prince Idris - There are unemployment and rampant corruption, a health collapse. Gaddafi, who is undoubtedly an intelligent leader, must realize that this situation can not last long, that even if he succeeds in suppressing the expression of 17, others will follow, and others, such as Cairo and Tunis, where the squares were emptied only after the fall of the regime.
The anger of young Libyans, according to al-Senussi, who now lives between Rome and Washington, is justified by the fact that in Libya there is no constitution, no one knows what is there after Gaddafi, who will take his place in According to what rules will be handled the transfer of power.
" "People do not necessarily obvious why Gaddafi to go, but wants clear rules and wants a change - add - and also wants to know what happens to oil revenues, claims that are distributed among the entire population, which should not be only a limited ". The High Representative for EU foreign policy Catherine Ashton has appealed to the Libyan authorities because heed "to the demands of the demonstrators and the voices of civil society." Through his spokesman, Maja Kocijancic, Ashton calls on Libyan authorities to "allow free expression" of opinions and events.
The High Representative, which follows very closely the situation in Libya, launched an appeal for calm prevails and "have avoided all violence."
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