the arab spring started in libya on 15 february 2011.
the arab spring started in libya on 15 february 2011.
when did the arab spring start in libya?
15 february 2011
after the arab spring movements overturned the rulers of tunisia and egypt, libya experienced a full-scale revolt beginning on 17 february 2011. libya's authoritarian regime led by muammar gaddafi put up much more of a resistance compared to the regimes in egypt and tunisia. while overthrowing the regimes in egypt and tunisia was a relatively quick process, gaddafi's campaign posed significant stalls on the uprisings in libya. the first announcement of a competing political authority appeared online and declared the interim transitional national council as an alternative government. one of gaddafi's senior advisors responded by posting a tweet, wherein he resigned, defected, and advised gaddafi to flee. by 20 february, the unrest had spread to tripoli. on 27 february 2011, the national transitional council was established to administer the areas of libya under rebel control. on 10 march 2011, france became the first state to officially recognise the council as the legitimate representative of the libyan people.
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bullet::::- — foreign minister alain juppé spoke at the arab world institute for a symposium on the arab spring in paris on 16 april. he took a tone of humility, acknowledging that the revolutionary wave came as a "surprise" to france and admitting, "for too long we thought that the authoritarian regimes were the only bastions against extremism in the arab world. too long, we have brandished the islamist threat as a pretext for justifying to an extent turning a blind eye on governments which were flouting freedom and curbing their country's development." juppé compared the arab spring favourably to the islamic golden age and said, "we mustn't be afraid of this 'arab spring'." he said that while france does not have a policy of supporting "regime change", it intends to speak up for human rights in the arab world and back transitions to democracy in north africa, a region with which france has historically had close ties. he expressed confidence in protesters and concluded the speech by saying he was hopeful about the outcome of the arab spring. president nicolas sarkozy urged g8 countries to agree on a financial aid package to post-revolutionary egypt and tunisia on 26 may in response to requests by the transitional authorities in egypt and tunisia for money. speaking at the brookings institution in washington, d.c., on 6 june, juppé reiterated many of the main points of his 16 april address, saying, "above all, we must not be afraid of the arab spring because it embodies universal values: dignity, freedom, respect for human rights, the right of people to choose their own leaders." he took a shot at american political scientist samuel p. huntington's controversial book "the clash of civilizations", which influenced western thinking regarding islam and the islamic world in the post–cold war era, claiming that "allowing the flame of hope kindled by the arab spring to go out would be vindicating the defenders of the clash of civilisations." juppé also made reference to sarkozy's support for financial aid to egypt and tunisia, as well as its participation in international military efforts to end the civil war in libya.
international reactions to the arab spring