Huda Ben Amer
Huda Ben Amer (in
Ben Amer was born in
That display of ruthlessness, about which she later liked to boast—she is remembered in Benghazi by her saying "we don't need talking, we need hangings"—earned her the enduring loathing of the people of Benghazi and the nickname Huda Al-Shannaga—"Huda the Executioner".[2][3] However, it impressed Gaddafi, who had been watching the execution on live television. He subsequently promoted Ben Amer to high government posts, including twice mayor of Benghazi and a leading member of the Legion Thoria, Gaddafi's organization of revolutionary committees. Eventually she became a favorite of Gaddafi, and one of the richest and most powerful women in Libya.[2]
In the course of the national uprising in early 2011, a crowd stormed Ben Amer's sprawling mansion in Benghazi and, finding her gone, burned it to the ground.[3] Later in March 2011, she was seen next to Gaddafi on one of his televised addresses.[2] On 2 September 2011, Guma el-Gamaty, the UK coordinator of the National Transitional Council posted on Twitter that Ben Amer had been arrested in Tripoli by NTC forces.[4]
Her arrest was never confirmed and she did not stand trial. She was interviewed by the
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References
- ^ Secretariat of the General People's Congress Holds First Meeting After Reshuffle Archived 1 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine The Tripoli Post 6 February 2010
- ^ a b c d e f Meo, Nick (6 March 2011). "'Huda the executioner' - Libya's devil in female form". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
- ^ a b McGreal, Chris (12 March 2011). "Libya: Benghazi's rebels know it is now them or Gaddafi". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 March 2011. - video [1]
- ^ Bowcott, Owen (2 September 2011). "Libyan rebels place notorious Gaddafi regime figure 'under arrest'". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- ^ لقاء خاص مع الدكتوره هدى بن عامر, retrieved 21 March 2023
- ^ "هدى بن عامر تتحدث عن فساد عائلة الدبيبة واستدعاء علي الدبيبة للتحقيق معه أكثر من مرة". ليبيا برس (in Arabic). 28 September 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2023.