Libyan revolution translated in worldwide demonstrations and international politics
On the eighth day of revolution, nearly 100 demonstrators rallied outside the Libyan embassy in Tokyo, demanding the immediate resignation of Moamer Gaddafi after his bloody crackdown on dissent.
The protesters, many from Middle East nations including Libyans living in Japan, stamped on pictures of the Gaddafi and shouted: "Stop the genocide!" and "Enough Gaddafi!" in Arabic, English and Japanese.
The Libyan embassy in Vienna on Wednesday also condemned "the excessive use of violence" against peaceful demonstrators in their country and urged the world to take "concrete actions" to protect civilians.
Gaddafi is increasingly isolated amid his brutal crackdown against the insurrection, with his opponents appeared firmly in control of the coastal east of Libya on Wednesday. Government soldiers switching sides to join the uprising.
POLITICAL ATTACK
Meanwhile, Europe moved today to isolate Gaddafi, with France calling for sanctions and a freeze in financial relations.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel described Gadaffi's televised address as "very scary". "We are calling on the Libyan authorities to stop the violence against their own people," otherwise “…we will consider sanctions,” she said.
Italy's Foreign Minister Franco Frattini accused Gaddafi of committing a "horrible bloodbath" in Libya and said he had lost control of the eastern province of Cyrenaica.
The Italian government was calling for an immediate end to "this horrible bloodbath" that "the Gaddafi government has announced and is continuing to carry out," Frattini said.
EU president stressed on Wednesday that 'horrible' Libya crimes must be punished.
Spain condemned the Libyan still-currently leader’s use of force to quell a popular uprising as "absolutely unacceptable" and said he had lost the right to lead the country.
"A political leader who has decided to bomb his own citizens has lost all legitimacy to continue to lead his country," Spanish Foreign Minister Trinidad Jimenez said.
