A Human Rights Watch report released in February said that “several thousand” detainees were being held illegally by private militias. Those armed groups include Ansar al Sharia, blamed for the attack in September that killed U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans but now policing the city where he died, Benghazi.
The government is paying millions of dollars a month to militias in attempts to appease them. A deadly battle between militias from Zintan and Zuwara last month at an energy complex temporarily suspended oil production and natural gas exports to Italy. The fight was predictable in its irony: It erupted when Zuwara tribesmen challenged Zintan fighters for the contract to protect the plant.
Post-Gaddafi Libya has been plagued by tribal fragmentation, attacks on government authorities, and ongoing human rights violations. The militias have targeted Christians, women, and former Gaddafi sympathizers. . .
Militias in post-Qaddafi Libya have been operating freely in many cities and have been prone to vigilantism. This video depicts a man receiving a public lashing in the town of Sirte at the hands of militia members. . .
There have been 70 attacks on sites belonging to Libya’s Sufi minority since the overthrow of Qaddafi. . . .
The wife of a hunger-striking Libyan journalist has told Amnesty International of her disbelief that her husband has been imprisoned and denied bail for ‘offending’ the judiciary under an al-Gaddafi-era law.
Amara al-Khattabi, the editor-in-chief of al-Umma newspaper, was arrested last December and has been on hunger strike since 28 February in protest at his detention. He was arrested a month after his newspaper published a list of 84 judges allegedly involved in corruption.
@Amir Khalid: I’m not sure why that amuses me, but it does. Of course Finland kicked Russia’s ass before, so it’s not like Putin would do something stupid here.
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Debbie(aussie)
Do you think a situation where EVERYONE. everyone- is raised to level of nice home decent food ok job then the bastards at the top can pick teams for whatever sports and can have the right. T champion for some time Olympic culmination maybe, I don’t know. Has to be a better way. Don’t want to stop them being multi whatever, just have lots of us to Bragg over…… ……
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kindness
Poor John. He has to get up to make sure his delinquent kids haven’t brought down the whole intertubes. It’s still here but we’re scattered.
Like herding cats you know.
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Bob h
Your man Mancin seems to be rising to the occasion.
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Yutsano
@Amir Khalid: I’m not sure why that amuses me, but it does. Of course Finland kicked Russia’s ass before, so it’s not like Putin would do something stupid here.
Debbie(aussie)
Do you think a situation where EVERYONE. everyone- is raised to level of nice home decent food ok job then the bastards at the top can pick teams for whatever sports and can have the right. T champion for some time Olympic culmination maybe, I don’t know. Has to be a better way. Don’t want to stop them being multi whatever, just have lots of us to Bragg over…… ……
kindness
Poor John. He has to get up to make sure his delinquent kids haven’t brought down the whole intertubes. It’s still here but we’re scattered.
Like herding cats you know.
Bob h
Your man Mancin seems to be rising to the occasion.