TRIPOLI: Armed groups affiliated with eastern Libya strongman Khalifa Haftar are detaining at least nine "peaceful protesters," Amnesty International said on Tuesday. They were among about 30 people who protested last month in Sirte, the hometown of deposed dictator Moamer Qadhafi. Amnesty said the demonstrators called on international and local authorities to compensate victims of Nato air strikes during the 2011 revolt that overthrew Qadhafi. LAAF is an acronym for Haftar’s self-proclaimed Libyan Arab Armed Forces. "Suspected opponents and critics have either been gunned down in the street, forcibly disappeared or are languishing in jail," Eltahawy said.

Source: Libya Today April 20, 2022 00:58 UTC