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protests4democracy:

headphonesnotrequired:

Libyan Woman Struggles to Tell Media of Her Rape

She pleaded for friends she said were still in custody. “They are still there, they are still there,” she said. “As soon as I leave here they are going to take me to jail.”

For the members of the foreign press here as guests of the government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi — and largely confined to the Rixos Hotel except for official outings — her intrusion was a reminder of the brutality of the Libyan government and the presence of its security forces even among the surrounding hotel staff. People in hotel uniform who just hours before had been serving coffee and clearing plates grabbed table knives and rushed to physically constrain both the woman and the journalists.

Here’s the NYT article

(via thearabspringrevolutions)

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Human Rights groups say at least 6,000 people have been killed by the Gaddafi regime.

thelibyanrevolution:

If you really think about the population of Libya which is six million, 6000 people is a HUGE number. HUGE. Just to put it into perspective, it would be as if:

10,000 Tunisians died, or 83,000 Egyptians died, or 307,000 Americans died.
These numbers are COLOSSAL. Gadaffi is no longer just killing people, he is committing democide.

This is in a span of 15 days…and the world just sits and watches.

(Source: thearabspringrevolutions)

2 years ago  495 notes

African mercenaries “immune from prosecution”

thelibyanrevolution:

The UN resolution that was agreed upon on Saturday called for the International Criminal Court to investigate the killings.

However, it has been widely reported that Gaddafi hired foreign mercenaries to carry out some of the killings.  The US insisted that the resolution was worded in such a way that no one from a country that is not a member of the ICC can be prosecuted. Meaning that mercenaries from countries that are not ICC members cannot be prosecuted for any crimes they may have committed in Libya.

It is believed that the US pushed for this move in order to prevent setting a precedent of prosecuting criminals from non-ICC members, presumably to prevent Americans from being prosecuted for crimes committed elsewhere.

The US was once an ICC member, but withdrew under President George W. Bush in 2002, who declared the ICC had no power over Washington.

The US = still sleazy.

(Source: thearabspringrevolutions)

2 years ago  22 notes

abudai:

@cyrenaican

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2 years ago  315 notes

These people are aware of what American soldiers do to them, so naturally they tried to hide the young girls. We found one hiding in a bomb shelter in sort of the basement of her house. She was taken out, raped by six or seven people in front of her family, in front of us, and the villagers. This wasn’t just one incident; this was just the first one I can remember. I know of 10 or 15 of such incidents at least.
– Specialist Joe Galbally, Vietnam veteran of the 198th Light Infantry Brigade, Americal Division, 1967-1968; from Against Our Will by Susan Brownmiller

2 years ago 

French doctor in Libya: over 2000 dead

thelibyanrevolution:

A 60-year old French doctor working in Benghazi estimated the death toll to be over 2000. He says that out ambulances counted 75 bodies the first day, 200 on the second and more than 500 on the third day.

“From Tobruk to Darna, they carried out a real massacre… In total, I think there are more than 2,000 deaths,” he said.

-libyafeb17

(Source: thearabspringrevolutions)

2 years ago  293 notes

abudai:

Woman on speak2tweet claims they discovered an underground prison of 1500 prisoners. (Other reports claim 300, so please take these numbers with a grain of salt)

A quick translation of the important parts: 

Today they discovered a prison underneath the ground, a room completely locked. Completely locked. Full of 1500 youth from the city of Benghazi. From Feb. 15th, when they came out in the protests, they haven’t been released until now, Feb. 22. Without food, without drink… alhamdulilah, thank God, they’re alive. 1500 youth buried underneath the ground…alive. 

(via thearabspringrevolutions)

2 years ago  142 notes

Rape was, in the words of one Vietnam veteran, “pretty SOP” —standard operating procedure, and it was a rare GI who possessed the individual courage or morality to go against his buddies and report, let alone stop, the offense.

“They only do it when there are a lot of guys around,” veteran George Phillips told writer Lucy Komisar. “You know, it makes them feel good. They show each other what they can do— ‘I can do it,’ you know. They won’t do it by themselves.”
“Did anybody report these incidents?”
“No. No one did. You don’t dare. Next time you’re out in the field you won’t come back — you’ll come back in a body bag. What the hell, she’s only a dink, a gook, this is what they think.”

– Against Our Will by Susan Brownmiller

2 years ago  4 notes

Tell everyone, tell the whole world. Because he’s going to kill everyone, he’s going to kill Libya.
– Libyan Eyewitness, on AC360 (via jaredpadacockforlibya)

(Source: work-eat-sleep, via formerlyroxy)

2 years ago  2,902 notes

(Source: bourdons, via formerlyroxy)

2 years ago  6,710 notes

#SILENCE IS A WAR CRIME.

Why?: Because the people of Libya are being massacred for their basic human right to live freely and peacefully. Turning a blind eye and remaining silent, especially when atrocities like this are happening — is wrong. No matter how you square it — you’d want to know if something like this was happening in your country. You’d want everyone to care, to understand, and to raise awareness. Give them the same courtesy and respect. Don’t be silent.

Why should I care about Libya? It doesn’t affect me!: It does affect you. Not only are the people of Libya suffering, but the unrest also shakes up the stock market and the global economy. The industrial average goes down, investors back out, and the world falls into a worse financial situation than it already is. So yes, it affects you. It affects the entire planet.

But why should I reblog/retweet? It’s not going to matter!: Yes, it does matter. We reblog/retweet to raise awareness about the situation in Libya, as well as the unrest in Yemen, Bahrain, Iran, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, and other areas. Reblogging one thing leads to someone’s awareness. Retweeting one thing leads to someone else’s. You are spreading information, and you are spreading the option to do something about it — whether that be calling the Libyan Embassy in Washington D.C. for more information (1-202-944-9601), or arranging peaceful protests here to support the Libyans.

(Source: redcapings, via formerlyroxy)

2 years ago  1,365 notes

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2 years ago  5,253 notes

madman-with-a-laptop:

The other day in Psychology my professor talked about the Nuremberg Trials and asked us what we thought they said when they were asked “Why did you do that? Why did you kill all those people?”

The answer was “We were just doing what we were told” and the consequences if they hadn’t done it would’ve probably been something similar to this.

Basically, I admire these solders for not following, for not obeying, for not doing what they were told and I don’t think they died in vain either.

(Source: zaynsbuttpayne, via formerlyroxy)

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~~~TRIGGER WARNING~~~ protests4democracy: headphonesnotrequired: Libyan Woman Struggles to Tell Media of Her Rape She pleaded for friends she said were still in custody. “They are still there, they are still there,” she said. “As soon as I leave here they are going to take me to jail.” For the members of the foreign press here as guests of the government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi — and largely confined to the Rixos Hotel except for official outings — her intrusion was a reminder of the brutality of the Libyan government and the presence of its security forces even among the surrounding hotel staff. People in hotel uniform who just hours before had been serving coffee and clearing plates grabbed table knives and rushed to physically constrain both the woman and the journalists. Here’s the NYT article

~~~TRIGGER WARNING~~~

protests4democracy:

headphonesnotrequired:

Libyan Woman Struggles to Tell Media of Her Rape

She pleaded for friends she said were still in custody. “They are still there, they are still there,” she said. “As soon as I leave here they are going to take me to jail.”

For the members of the foreign press here as guests of the government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi — and largely confined to the Rixos Hotel except for official outings — her intrusion was a reminder of the brutality of the Libyan government and the presence of its security forces even among the surrounding hotel staff. People in hotel uniform who just hours before had been serving coffee and clearing plates grabbed table knives and rushed to physically constrain both the woman and the journalists.

Here’s the NYT article

(via thearabspringrevolutions)

(via formerlyroxy)

Human Rights groups say at least 6,000 people have been killed by the Gaddafi regime.

thelibyanrevolution:

If you really think about the population of Libya which is six million, 6000 people is a HUGE number. HUGE. Just to put it into perspective, it would be as if:

10,000 Tunisians died, or 83,000 Egyptians died, or 307,000 Americans died.
These numbers are COLOSSAL. Gadaffi is no longer just killing people, he is committing democide.

This is in a span of 15 days…and the world just sits and watches.

(Source: thearabspringrevolutions)

African mercenaries “immune from prosecution”

thelibyanrevolution:

The UN resolution that was agreed upon on Saturday called for the International Criminal Court to investigate the killings.

However, it has been widely reported that Gaddafi hired foreign mercenaries to carry out some of the killings.  The US insisted that the resolution was worded in such a way that no one from a country that is not a member of the ICC can be prosecuted. Meaning that mercenaries from countries that are not ICC members cannot be prosecuted for any crimes they may have committed in Libya.

It is believed that the US pushed for this move in order to prevent setting a precedent of prosecuting criminals from non-ICC members, presumably to prevent Americans from being prosecuted for crimes committed elsewhere.

The US was once an ICC member, but withdrew under President George W. Bush in 2002, who declared the ICC had no power over Washington.

The US = still sleazy.

(Source: thearabspringrevolutions)

abudai: @cyrenaican

abudai:

@cyrenaican

(via thearabspringrevolutions)

These people are aware of what American soldiers do to them, so naturally they tried to hide the young girls. We found one hiding in a bomb shelter in sort of the basement of her house. She was taken out, raped by six or seven people in front of her family, in front of us, and the villagers. This wasn’t just one incident; this was just the first one I can remember. I know of 10 or 15 of such incidents at least.
– Specialist Joe Galbally, Vietnam veteran of the 198th Light Infantry Brigade, Americal Division, 1967-1968; from Against Our Will by Susan Brownmiller

French doctor in Libya: over 2000 dead

thelibyanrevolution:

A 60-year old French doctor working in Benghazi estimated the death toll to be over 2000. He says that out ambulances counted 75 bodies the first day, 200 on the second and more than 500 on the third day.

“From Tobruk to Darna, they carried out a real massacre… In total, I think there are more than 2,000 deaths,” he said.

-libyafeb17

(Source: thearabspringrevolutions)

abudai:

Woman on speak2tweet claims they discovered an underground prison of 1500 prisoners. (Other reports claim 300, so please take these numbers with a grain of salt)

A quick translation of the important parts: 

Today they discovered a prison underneath the ground, a room completely locked. Completely locked. Full of 1500 youth from the city of Benghazi. From Feb. 15th, when they came out in the protests, they haven’t been released until now, Feb. 22. Without food, without drink… alhamdulilah, thank God, they’re alive. 1500 youth buried underneath the ground…alive. 

(via thearabspringrevolutions)

Rape was, in the words of one Vietnam veteran, “pretty SOP” —standard operating procedure, and it was a rare GI who possessed the individual courage or morality to go against his buddies and report, let alone stop, the offense.

“They only do it when there are a lot of guys around,” veteran George Phillips told writer Lucy Komisar. “You know, it makes them feel good. They show each other what they can do— ‘I can do it,’ you know. They won’t do it by themselves.”
“Did anybody report these incidents?”
“No. No one did. You don’t dare. Next time you’re out in the field you won’t come back — you’ll come back in a body bag. What the hell, she’s only a dink, a gook, this is what they think.”

– Against Our Will by Susan Brownmiller
Tell everyone, tell the whole world. Because he’s going to kill everyone, he’s going to kill Libya.
– Libyan Eyewitness, on AC360 (via jaredpadacockforlibya)

(Source: work-eat-sleep, via formerlyroxy)

(Source: bourdons, via formerlyroxy)

#SILENCE IS A WAR CRIME.

Why?: Because the people of Libya are being massacred for their basic human right to live freely and peacefully. Turning a blind eye and remaining silent, especially when atrocities like this are happening — is wrong. No matter how you square it — you’d want to know if something like this was happening in your country. You’d want everyone to care, to understand, and to raise awareness. Give them the same courtesy and respect. Don’t be silent.

Why should I care about Libya? It doesn’t affect me!: It does affect you. Not only are the people of Libya suffering, but the unrest also shakes up the stock market and the global economy. The industrial average goes down, investors back out, and the world falls into a worse financial situation than it already is. So yes, it affects you. It affects the entire planet.

But why should I reblog/retweet? It’s not going to matter!: Yes, it does matter. We reblog/retweet to raise awareness about the situation in Libya, as well as the unrest in Yemen, Bahrain, Iran, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, and other areas. Reblogging one thing leads to someone’s awareness. Retweeting one thing leads to someone else’s. You are spreading information, and you are spreading the option to do something about it — whether that be calling the Libyan Embassy in Washington D.C. for more information (1-202-944-9601), or arranging peaceful protests here to support the Libyans.

(Source: redcapings, via formerlyroxy)

(via formerlyroxy)

madman-with-a-laptop: The other day in Psychology my professor talked about the Nuremberg Trials and asked us what we thought they said when they were asked “Why did you do that? Why did you kill all those people?” The answer was “We were just doing what we were told” and the consequences if they hadn’t done it would’ve probably been something similar to this. Basically, I admire these solders for not following, for not obeying, for not doing what they were told and I don’t think they died in vain either.

madman-with-a-laptop:

The other day in Psychology my professor talked about the Nuremberg Trials and asked us what we thought they said when they were asked “Why did you do that? Why did you kill all those people?”

The answer was “We were just doing what we were told” and the consequences if they hadn’t done it would’ve probably been something similar to this.

Basically, I admire these solders for not following, for not obeying, for not doing what they were told and I don’t think they died in vain either.

(Source: zaynsbuttpayne, via formerlyroxy)

(Source: thearabspringrevolutions)

Human Rights groups say at least 6,000 people have been killed by the Gaddafi regime.
African mercenaries “immune from prosecution”
"These people are aware of what American soldiers do to them, so naturally they tried to hide the young girls. We found one hiding in a bomb shelter in sort of the basement of her house. She was taken out, raped by six or seven people in front of her family, in front of us, and the villagers. This wasn’t just one incident; this was just the first one I can remember. I know of 10 or 15 of such incidents at least."
French doctor in Libya: over 2000 dead
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Rape was, in the words of one Vietnam veteran, “pretty SOP” —standard operating procedure, and it was a rare GI who possessed the individual courage or morality to go against his buddies and report, let alone stop, the offense.

“They only do it when there are a lot of guys around,” veteran George Phillips told writer Lucy Komisar. “You know, it makes them feel good. They show each other what they can do— ‘I can do it,’ you know. They won’t do it by themselves.”
“Did anybody report these incidents?”
“No. No one did. You don’t dare. Next time you’re out in the field you won’t come back — you’ll come back in a body bag. What the hell, she’s only a dink, a gook, this is what they think.”

"
"Tell everyone, tell the whole world. Because he’s going to kill everyone, he’s going to kill Libya."
#SILENCE IS A WAR CRIME.

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