Two Libyan envoys resign

LIBYA: Two top Libyan envoys have resigned from their posts in solidarity with pro-democracy demonstrations against the country’s ruler Muammar Gaddafi’s authoritarian regime. Libyan envoy to the Arab League Abdel Moneim al-Honi and the country’s ambassador to China resigned Sunday to join the protests.

“I have submitted my resignation in protest against the acts of repression and violence against demonstrators and I am joining the ranks of the revolution,” al-Honi said.

Libyan envoy to China has also said that he was not “honored to represent a regime that kills its people.”

He has also called on the army to intervene to stop the killing of “innocent people.

“An Opposition leader has said that all tribes across the country have joined the anti-Government protests, according to reports.

In a bid to pressure the Government, the leader of the Al-Zuwayya tribe in eastern Libya, Shaikh Faraj al Zuway, has threatened to stop oil exports in response to the “oppression of protesters,” and has asked Gaddafi to leave the country. Members of an army unit known as the “Thunderbolt” have reportedly joined the popular revolt against Gaddafi’s rule. At least 50 people were killed and more than 100 injured in the Libyan city of Benghazi Sunday afternoon, raising the total death toll in the eastern city over the past days to 250.

Despite the harsh clampdown on people since the beginning of unrest in the country, protests have spread to the capital city of Tripoli, bringing Gaddafi’s overthrow closer to realization.

Press TV