Libia, 2 morti, 38 feriti, uno scrittore arrestato. Oggi Bengasi protesta
giovedì, 17 Febbraio, 2011Due morti, 38 feriti, lo scrittore Al Mesmari che denuncia la repressione arrestato. Le vittime si chiamano Khaled El Naji Khanfar e Ahmad Shoushaniya. La repressione fatta con lacrimogeni, bastoni, perfino lancio di acqua bollente. Così Bengasi affronta oggi il giorno della collera. Intanto in Bahrein i morti sono tre. Il quadro fornito questa mattina da Al Jazeera:
Protesters in Libya are set to take to the streets for a “day of rage,” inspired by uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia.
Libya has been tightly controlled for over 40 years by Muammar Gaddafi, who is now Africa’s longest-serving leader. And rights groups warned of a possible crackdown by security forces on Thursday’s planned protests. According to reports on Twitter, the microblogging site, Libya’s regime is sending text messages to people warning them that live bullets will be fired if they join today’s protests. Thursday is the anniversary of clashes that took place on February 17, 2006, in the country’s second largest city of Benghazi when security forces killed several protesters who were attacking the city’s Italian consulate. At least two people were killed in clashes between Libyan security forces and demonstrators on Wednesday, in the town of al-Baida, east of Benghazi. The victims’ names were: Khaled ElNaji Khanfar and Ahmad Shoushaniya. Angry chants Wednesday’s deaths come as hundreds of protesters reportedly torched police outposts while chanting: “People want the end of the regime.” At least 38 people were also injured in the clashes, including 10 security officials. “All the people of Baida are out on the streets,” a 25-year-old Rabie al-Messrati, who said he had been arrested after spreading a call for protests on Facebook, said. Violent protests were also reported earlier in the day in Benghazi. In a telephone interview with Al Jazeera, Idris Al-Mesmari, a Libyan novelist and writer, said that security officials in civilian clothes came and dispersed protesters in Benghazi using tear gas, batons and hot water. Al-Mesmari was arrested hours after the interview. Late on Wednesday evening, it was impossible to contact witnesses in Benghazi because telephone connections to the city appeared to be out of order. State media reported there were pro-Gaddafi protests too across the country, with people chanting “We sacrifice our blood and souls for you, our leader!” and “We are a generation built by Muammar and anyone who opposes it will be destroyed!” As the wave of unrest spread south and westwards across the country, hundreds of people marched through the streets in the southern city of Zentan, 120km south of the capital Tripoli. They set fire to security headquarters and a police station, then set up tents in the heart of the town. Chants including “No God but Allah, Muammar is the enemy of Allah,” can be heard on videos of demonstrations uploaded to YouTube. Independent confirmation was not possible as Gaddafi’s government keeps tight control over the movements of media personnel. Online activism In a country where public dissent is rare, plans for Thursday’s protests were being circulated by anonymous activists on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. One Facebook group urging a “Day of Anger” in Libya, which had 4,400 members on Monday, saw that number more than double to 9,600 by Wednesday. Social media sites were reportedly blocked for several hours through the afternoon, but access was restored in the evening. Al Jazeera is understood to have been taken off the state-owned cable TV network, but is still reportedly available on satellite networks. People posting messages on opposition site www.libya-watanona.com, which is based outside Libya, urged Libyans to protest. “From every square in our beloved country, people should all come together in one city and one square to make this regime and its supporters afraid, and force them to run away because they are cowards,” said a post on the website. Also calling for reforms are some of Libya’s eminent individuals. A group of prominent figures and members of human rights organisations have demanded the resignation of Gaddafi. They said that the Libyans have the right to express themselves through peaceful demonstrations without any threat of harassment from the regime. The demands came in a statement signed by 213 prominent Libyans from different segments of the society, including political activists, lawyers, students, and government officials. Oil factor Gaddafi says Libya does not need to import Western concepts of democracy because it is run on his system, known as the Third Universal Theory, under which citizens govern themselves through grassroots institutions called popular committees. Rights group Amnesty International voiced concern about a new crackdown. “The Libyan authorities must allow peaceful protests, not try to stifle them with heavy-handed repression,” it said in a statement. Though some Libyans complain about unemployment, inequality and limits on political freedoms, analysts say that an Egypt-style revolt is unlikely because the government can use oil revenues to smooth over most social problems. Libya accounts for about 2 per cent of the world’s crude oil exports. Companies including Shell, BP and Eni have invested billions of dollars in tapping its oil fields, home to the largest proven reserves in Africa. |
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