Libya's history of uprising movements can be traced back to Qaddafi’s origins as the leader of a small group of military men whose purpose was to overthrow King Idris I from power, these young men accomplished their objective in September 1969. Thereafter Qaddafi went on to constitute the Revolutionary Command Council as the governing body of Libya in which he was the main authority, later he founded the General People’s Congress, him acting as the General Secretary, all decisions rested upon him and so the beginning of his dictatorship officially had begun.
Ever since the period in which Qaddafi assumed power (1973-present), abuses in authority have prevail in the history of Libya. Short after the RCC was conformed, assassinations on primary ex-officials began, the support and promotion of terrorist groups was established officially and censorship was imposed in the media, later it would be under government control. Added to these, citizens were being kept under surveillance, academic institutions restructured and those opposing or speaking against the regime were trialed and punished. By that time hundreds of ex-officials had been executed abroad and Qaddafi had instituted control by means of the militia. Freethinking was not allowed.
good summary of LIbya under Qaddafi. It was the subject of my research paper, and it looks to me like you address many important events.
ReplyDeleteI wrote about Qaddafi too and it is impressive how he treat his own people, instead of trying to help to improve Libya now he is attacking it.
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