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It acknowledged its promotion of rights for disabled persons, free health care, and high primary education enrollment. It also noted its cooperation with international organizations in areas of migrant rights, judicial reform, and curbing corruption.
Malta and Tunisia also expressed support. They acknowledged Jamahiriya Green Charter freedoms and achievements.
On March 14, 2012, when it was too late to matter, HRC adopted its report praising Gaddafi's Jamahiriya government. UN Watch protested. It demanded it be rescinded. It said "Libya's long-suffering victims deserve no less." It ignored generous benefits NATO destroyed.
Amnesty International (AI) also called HRC's decision "abhorrent." Its head, Suzanne Nossel, served as Obama's Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations. She's also a former Human Rights Watch (HRW) CEO.
Like AI, HRW's record is notoriously tainted. Both supported NATO's Libya's campaign. It turned peace and stability into charnel house disaster. These organizations and others like them often back oppressors, not victims.
Media Complicity with Political and NGO Lies
On February 21, 2011, the government controlled French International News Network (France 24) broadcast a Libya special. It falsely claimed Gaddafi's planes bombed civilian areas. At a later French parliament session, Sarkozy's Tripoli ambassador refuted the account.
At the same time, falsified claims about "African mercenaries" comprising 80% of Gaddafi's military were made. AI's Genevieve Garrigos supported what she later said was based solely on unsubstantiated rumors.
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