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Libya Diaspora Supports Democracy Movement, February 2011
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Photo 1 of 13Credit: Tami Hultman/allAfrica.comLibyan Americans rallied at the White House on 19 February, urging media and policy attention to violence against the democracy movement. -
Photo 2 of 13Credit: Tami Hultman/allAfrica.comLibyan independence flags - instead of Gaddafi's green banner - fly at White House, as marchers chant, "Obama must know, Gaddafi must go!" -
Photo 3 of 13Credit: Tami Hultman/allAfrica.comCheerful and serious by turns, marchers pleaded for international intervention to save lives. Libya is the world's 12th largest oil exporter. -
Photo 4 of 13Credit: Tami Hultman/allAfrica.comNajla Abdurrahman read a statement calling on the administration of President Barack Obama to help democracy advocates under attack across Libya. -
Photo 5 of 13Credit: Tami Hultman/allAfrica.comDemocracy advocates called on the United States government to condemn the use of heavy weaponry and snipers firing on peaceful crowds. -
Photo 6 of 13Credit: Tami Hultman/allAfrica.comWhile marching, Libyan American democracy advocates talked on the phone to friends and family in Libya, getting updates on developments. -
Photo 7 of 13Credit: Tami Hultman/allAfrica.comChildren were prominent among the demonstrators at the weekend rally in front of the White House on a sunny but cold, blustery day. -
Photo 8 of 13Credit: Tami Hultman/allAfrica.comThe youngest demonstrators relished the crowds, the excitement and being at the White House, while struggling against wind gusts. -
Photo 9 of 13Credit: Tami Hultman/allAfrica.comA young pro-democracy demonstrator sports a forehead flag but found a way to keep his mouth and nose warm in wintry wind gusts. -
Photo 10 of 13Credit: Tami Hultman/allAfrica.comSpeeches were sometimes funny, and demonstrators enjoyed moments of levity as they gathered to call attention to the rebellion in Libya. -
Photo 11 of 13Credit: Tami Hultman/allAfrica.comDespite the carnival atmosphere at times, marchers said they wanted to keep the focus on what they said was the loss of life in Libya. -
Photo 12 of 13Credit: Tami Hultman/allAfrica.comMany in the crowd at the White House said they can't sleep for worrying about the safety of protesters in Libya, as the violence escalated. -
Photo 13 of 13Credit: Tami Hultman/allAfrica.comDemonstrators in Washington said they believe that democracy will triumph, whatever the human toll, as Libyan protesters attacked government installations.
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