Frontline Club: Rebuilding Libya
On 15 February 2011, inspired by their Tunisian and Egyptian neighbours, the people of Libya took to the streets in Benghazi calling for the end of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s brutal regime
They clashed with Gaddafi’s security forces who responded with brutal violence. What followed was a civil war that cost the lives of an estimated 30,000 people and ended eight months later with Gaddafi’s death in his birthplace of Sirte
Join us at the Frontline Club to discuss the task of rebuilding Libya a year after the uprising began. We will be looking at the work of the National Transitional Council (NTC) and the tensions that remain. What are the prospects of a peaceful future
Chaired by Lindsey Hilsum, International Editor for Channel 4 News and author of Sandstorm
With
Ahmed Gebreel, deputy head of the Libyan embassy in London, he was a political advisor to the chairman of the NTC and the spokesperson for the MOFA during the revolution
Dr Faraj Najem, Libyan writer and historian
Rana Jawad, of British-Lebanese nationality, is married to a Libyan and resident in Tripoli where she has been reporting for the BBC for seven years. Author of Tripoli Witness
Khaeri Aboushagor, media researcher, political activist, and human rights defender; calling for the establishment of a secular state in Libya
Carsten Jurgensen, Libya researcher for Amnesty International
Summary by Alan Selby
Much has happened since this time last year. The 15th of February 2011 saw the first Libyans take to the streets of Benghazi against a brutal dictatorship which ruled over them for 42 years. The events that followed sent shockwaves around the world, led to a NATO intervention and culminated in victory for the Libyan people, albeit at a heavy cost. An estima
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