(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - At least 84 protesters have lost their lives and hundreds wounded in Libya in three days of anti-government demonstrations in the African country, Human Rights Watch (HRW) says.
According to HRW, security forces killed 20 people in the eastern city of Benghazi, 23 in the eastern Libyan town of al-Baida, three in Ajdabiya, and three in Derna in a matter of days.
In addition, 35 people lost their lives in Benghazi on Friday, nearly all with live ammunition.
Pro-democracy protests sparked by the popular revolutions that deposed long-serving rulers of neighboring Egypt and Tunisia have engulfed Libya this week with thousands of people flocking the streets of the eastern city of Benghazi, and calling for the ouster of the 68-year-old leader Muammar Gaddafi, who has been in office since September 1969.
On Friday, protesters camped out in Benghazi, which is about 1,000 km (600 miles) east of Tripoli, to join funeral processions for at least 24 people who, according to HRW, were killed in demonstrations on Wednesday and Thursday.
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