African Union Says Libyan Crackdown Violates Human Rights
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The African Union Peace and Security Council condemned the Libyan government’s crackdown on pro-democracy protests, saying it violated international humanitarian law.
Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi has used “indiscriminate and excessive use of force and lethal weapons against peaceful protesters,” the 53-member African Union’s security body said in a statement e-mailed today after a meeting in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital.