Fathi Terbil | |
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 Fathi Terbil talks to SharqOrg about Human rights violations inLibya under Muammar Gaddafi | |
| Born | 1972 (age 52–53) |
| Nationality | Libyan |
| Occupation(s) | lawyer and human rights activist |
Fathi Terbil, also romanized asFatih Turbel, (Arabic:فتحي تربل) is a Libyan lawyer andhuman rights activist and member of theNational Transitional Council representing Libyan youth. He represents the relatives of over 1,000 prisoners killed by Libyan security forces inAbu 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 inBenghazi on 15 February by around 200 relatives of the deceased prisoners, which began theLibyan Civil War. He was subsequently said to have been freed.[1] On 20 February, Terbil toldAl 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 theLudovic-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 LibyanNational Transitional Council representing youth after being one of the first arrested in street protests during theLibyan Civil War on 15 February 2011 and later freed.[4]
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