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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

UN Condemns Protesters’ Storming of Libya’s Parliament

A picture shows a burnt vehicle outside the House of Representatives in the eastern city of Tobruk on July 2, 2022, after angry protesters stormed the building ransacking its offices and torching part of it. (AFP)

A senior UN official for Libya on Saturday condemned the storming of the parliament’s headquarters by angry demonstrators as part of protests in several cities against the political class and deteriorating economic conditions.

Hundreds of protesters marched in the streets of the capital, Tripoli, and other Libyan cities on Friday, with many attacking and setting fire to government buildings, including the House of Representatives in the eastern city of Tobruk.

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