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ORIGINAL: slvemike4u
Are any of you guys listening to the reports coming from Libya....do any of the atrocities occurring affect your opinions at all?
I wonder if these would...
- used rape and sexual assault in a systematic and institutionalized manner for political purposes.
- executed dozens of women accused of prostitution.
- tortured to death the mother of three defectors for her children's opposition activities.
- decapitated numerous women and men in front of their family members.
- routinely and systematically torture detainees.
- According to former prisoners, torture techniques included branding, electric shocks administered to the genitals and other areas, beating, pulling out of fingernails, burning with hot irons and blowtorches, suspension from rotating ceiling fans, dripping acid on the skin, rape, breaking of limbs, denial of food and water, extended solitary confinement in dark and extremely small compartments, and threats to rape or otherwise harm family members and relatives. Evidence of such torture often was apparent when security forces returned the mutilated bodies of torture victims to their families.
- other detainees have been held without charge for close to two decades in extremely harsh conditions, and many of them have been used as subjects in illegal experimental chemical and biological weapons programs.
- introduced tongue amputation as a punishment for persons who criticize
- Refugees fleeing to Europe often reported instances of torture to receiving governments, and displayed scars and mutilations to substantiate their claims.
- systematic and routine use of torture against suspected political opponents and, occasionally, other prisoners. Amnesty International also reports "Detainees have also been threatened with bringing in a female relative, especially the wife or the mother, and raping her in front of the detainee. Some of these threats have been carried out."
- had executed at least 1,500 people during the previous year for political reasons.
- execute summarily alleged political opponents and leaders... Reports suggest that persons were executed merely because of their association with an opposition group or as part of a continuing effort to reduce prison populations.
- reports that families are made to pay for the cost of executions.
- held 3-week training courses in weapons use, hand-to-hand fighting, rappelling from helicopters, and infantry tactics for children between 10 and 15 years of age. ... children held up under the "physical and psychological strain" of training that lasted for as long as 14 hours each day. ... Families reportedly were threatened with the loss of their food ration cards if they refused to enroll their children in the course.
- announces food ration cuts for the general population, blaming US or UK actions.
- Child labor persists and there are instances of forced labor.
- reports that food and medicine that could have been made available to the general public, including children, have been stockpiled in warehouses or diverted for the personal use of some government officials.
- has the world's worst record for numbers of persons who have disappeared or remain unaccounted for.
- remains the country with the highest number of disappearances known to the UN: over 16,000.
- does not permit freedom of speech or of the press, and does not tolerate political dissent in areas under its control.
- citizens lived "in a climate of fear," in which whatever they said or did, particularly in the area of politics, involved "the risk of arrest and interrogation by the police or military intelligence."
- killed more than 500 journalists and other intellectuals in the past decade.
- ignores constitutional provisions designed to protect the confidentiality of mail, telegraphic correspondence, and telephone conversations. ... jams news broadcasts from outside the country, including those of opposition groups.
- own all print and broadcast media, and operate them as propaganda outlets. They generally do not report opposing points of view that are expressed either domestically or abroad.
- jams foreign news broadcasts. Satellite dishes, modems, and fax machines are banned
- In government-operated Internet cafes, users only are permitted to view web sites provided by the Ministry of Culture and Information.
- Relatives who do not report deserters may lose their ration cards for purchasing government-controlled food supplies, be evicted from their residences, or face the arrest of other family members.
- consistently politicizes and interferes with religious pilgrimages ... conducted a brutal campaign of murder, summary execution, and protracted arbitrary arrest against the religious leaders and followers
Well... they did affect peoples' opinions at one time. Seems memories are short.
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