Visiting Gadhafi stokes protests in Rome

Source: CNN

But some objected to Gadhafi's red-carpet welcome in Italy. Several groups are protesting the visit of the long-time leader of Libya, which has been accused of backing terrorism, and which expelled Jews and ethnic Italians decades ago.

Amnesty International was among the groups protesting the visit, it announced. The group accuses Libya of not respecting human rights and not adhering to the 1951 Geneva Convention on Refugees.

The Italian chapter of Amnesty International appealed to Napolitano and Berlusconi, as well as to other Italian leaders, to demand human rights guarantees for African migrants held in detention camps in Libya, the group said in a statement.

Rome university students and charities that help the immigrant community have also told CNN that they are protesting Gadhafi's visit because of his treatment of refugees.

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is as odd and interesting as Gadhafi's is.

He did some really good things for the country, in terms of improving the economy, spreading the wealth out better, suppressing the religious nuts and improving the rights of women.

Unfortunately, none of those can ever make up for what he has done to suppress dissidents, his involvement in the Lockerbee Bombings, his support for extremist groups, etc