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Libya condemns 45 to death

By AFP
August 16, 2018

TRIPOLI: A Libyan court on Wednesday sentenced to death by firing squad 45 militiamen for killing demonstrators in Tripoli during the 2011 uprising against dictator Moamer Kadhafi, the justice ministry said. The ministry said in a statement that 54 other defendants were sentenced to five years in jail and 22 acquitted.