Fathi Terbil
Fathi Terbil | |
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 Fathi Terbil talks to SharqOrg about Human rights violations in Libya under Muammar Gaddafi | |
| Born | 1972 (age 51–52) |
| Nationality | Libyan |
| Occupation(s) | lawyer and human rights activist |
Fathi Terbil, also romanized as Fatih Turbel, (
Abu Salim Prison
in 1996. He is also the Youth and Sports Minister for the Interim Government.
Fathi Terbil's arrest in February 2011 sparked a demonstration in
Libyan Civil War. He was subsequently said to have been freed.[1] On 20 February, Terbil told Al Jazeera that security forces - sometimes firing from civilian cars without license plates - had killed dozens, perhaps hundreds, of protestors in Benghazi.[2]
On 30 May 2011, he was awarded the
Ludovic-Trarieux International Human Rights Prize ("The award given by lawyers to a lawyer"), given each year to a lawyer who throughout his or her career has illustrated, by activity or suffering, the defence of human rights in the world.[3]
He was appointed to the Libyan
Libyan Civil War on 15 February 2011 and later freed.[4]
References
- ^ "Libya protests: Second city Benghazi hit by violence". BBC News. 16 February 2011.
- ^ "Live Blog - Libya". Al Jazeera. 17 February 2011.
- ^ "The Ludovic-Trarieux International Human Rights Prize".
- ^ "National Transitional Council". Benghazi: National Transitional Council. 2011. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
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