Approximatly 100 protesters gathered on Saturday at Victoria Park to support the people of Libya. Promoting an uprising and the resignation of Qaddafi.
The Canadian government must stand up and decry a dictator’s rule in Libya, demonstrators urged at a peaceful protest in London Saturday.
Close to 100 people turned out at Victoria Park, protesting the bloodshed in the country — the third in the Middle East to revolt against ruthless dictators this year.
“The Canadian government is still silent about this and we haven’t heard anything. That’s why I’m here and my son is here,” said Abdul Ergig, who was born in Libya the year Moammar Gadhafi took power in 1969 and was raised under his iron rule.
Ergig, who turned out at the protest with his young son, said life in Libya under Gadhafi was miserable.
“The whole country suffered because of (Gadhafi’s) leadership,” he said, adding the country had low education levels and was under economic sanctions because of the dictator.
Ergig said his family in Libya is fine, but are under constant fear that they’ll be killed at any time.
“The killing there is at random,” he said.
Many have died since the Libyan people began protesting Feb. 17. The 68-year-old dictator has since responded by bombing the crowds.
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