07.05.2011 - 20:01 [ The Tripoli Post ]

Tribal Chiefs Urge for a General Amnesty for Rebel Fighters

At the end of their convention in Tripoli Friday, Tribal leaders from areas controlled by the Libyan regime government called for a general amnesty for all fighters engaged in the uprising against Libyan leader Muammar Al Qathafi.

The same tribal chiefs on the first day of the convention had urged an end to an armed uprising and for NATO to halt its airstrikes on the regime’s forces.

The participants at the National Conference for Libyan Tribes that ended late Friday called for a „general amnesty law that will include all those who were involved in the crisis and took up arms“.