Libya unrest: Scores killed in Benghazi 'massacre'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12517327
"Doctor 'Braikah' in Benghazi describes 'a massacre' (Amateur video with this interview purportedly shows recent unrest in several parts of Libya)
Details have emerged of huge casualty figures in the Libyan city of Benghazi, where troops have launched a brutal crackdown on protesters............."
With little "real" news on the ground it's hard to tell whats true or not. Government appears to be taking a harder line in Libya.
With little "real" news on the ground it's hard to tell whats true or not. Government appears to be taking a harder line in Libya.
The difficulty of reporting from inside Libya
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/theeditor...rom_libya.html
"Reporting from Libya is tricky at the best of times - clearly, the situation there right now is anything but.
For 41 years, Muammar Gaddafi - the self-proclaimed "Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution" - has made life difficult for the Western media. While British nationals can enter many of the world's 192 countries without visas, or collect them on arrival, Libya is one of the exceptions. There, the door is firmly shut to international journalists, local reporters face intimidation and the threat of worse. It explains why, in contrast to recent events in Tunisia, Egypt and Bahrain, we're unable to report from inside Libya on the protests taking place there, and the authorities violent response................+
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