Tripoli, Apr 19 (ANI): A British campaign group that spent a week touring Tripoli and other towns of Libya claimed they had seen 'no evidence' that Colonel Gaddafi's forces had attacked, bombed or killed any civilians in the country.
The mission, from British Civilians For Peace in Libya, led by Dave Roberts of the Socialist Labour Party, claimed that there were no evidence of violence despite widespread condemnation of Gaddafi regime from organizations such as the UN, the African Court of Human Rights and the International Criminal Court.
According to Sky News, the 13-person group comprised a number of humanitarian campaigners involved in projects in Ramallah and Gaza, film-makers, bloggers and political activists.
In their interim findings the campaign group claimed they had been able to "corroborate civilian casualties and fatalities due to NATO bombing" but "could find no evidence that three areas of Tripoli cited in UN resolution 1973 had been subjected to government forces bombardment".
Roberts claimed the group had been able to speak freely to organizations and individuals in many towns in western Libya, although not those which have seen the most significant fighting in recent weeks.
Among the towns the campaign group visited were Zawiyah, Bin Walid, Tajoura, Fashloom and Suk Jooma.
The group's interim report also criticized the media's coverage of events in Libya. "We are concerned that western media outlets are failing in their duty to report on the conflict truthfully," said the group. (ANI)
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