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Gaddafi's body was displayed alongside that of his son Mutassim, who was killed by Misratan fighters after his capture in Sirte on 20 October 2011. The younger Gaddafi's body was removed from the refrigerator for burial at the same time as his father's, on 24 October 2011. [39]
Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi [pron 1] (c. 1942 – 20 October 2011) was a Libyan revolutionary, politician and political theorist who ruled Libya from 1969 until his assassination by the rebel forces of the National Liberation Army in 2011.
During the war, Gaddafi's forces were accused of rape and sexual torture of hundreds of women and children. Over 8,000 rape cases were reported, with all of them being committed by Gaddafi's forces. [73] Many of these women were stripped naked, raped, and then killed in front of their male relatives. [74]
Al-Shuwehdy had returned from America three months earlier where he had been studying, and had begun to protest Gaddafi's regime. [1] While working as an engineer at an airport he joined friends that were campaigning against Gaddafi. [1] Libyan police later seized him at his home; he was executed a few months later. [1]
"This is a sad day for the people of Africa... Muammar Gaddafi won elections and was a true leader. It is foreigners who toppled him, not Libyans. Gaddafi died fighting. He is a true African hero." Mhandu called the former leader's downfall "the beginning of a new recolonisation of Africa". [20]
The Libyan Civil War began on 15 February 2011 as a chain of civil protests and later evolved into a widespread uprising against the regime of Muammar Gaddafi.On 25 February, most of eastern Libya was reported to be under the control of protesters and rebel forces. [1]
Gaddafi was born into the Qadhadhfa tribe, [49] which is a Arabized Berber tribal group. [50] His mother was named Aisha (died 1978), and his father, Mohammad Abdul Salam bin Hamed bin Mohammad, was known as Abu Meniar (died 1985). His father was a goat and camel herder before Gaddafi's seizure of power. [49]
Nearly 300 women were reported to have been raped by Gaddafi's forces. The real number could be much higher, considering the stigma attached to rape victims in Libyan society. Every single woman in the survey who admitted to being raped said they were raped by loyalist soldiers or militiamen. [8]