Fathi Terbil, also romanized as Fatih Turbel, ( ar, فتحي تربل) is a Libyan lawyer and

human rights Human rights are moral principles or normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyHuman Rights Retrieved 14 August 2014 for certain standards of hu ...

activist and member of the

National Transitional Council The National Transitional Council of Libya ( ar, المجلس الوطني الإنتقالي '), sometimes known as the Transitional National Council, was the ''de facto'' government of Libya for a period during and after the Libyan Civil War ...

representing Libyan youth. He represents the relatives of over 1,000 prisoners killed by Libyan security forces in

Abu Salim Prison Abu Salim prison ( ar, سجن أبو سليم) is a maximum security prison in Tripoli, Libya. The prison was notorious during the rule of Muammar Gaddafi for alleged mistreatment and human rights abuses, including a massacre in 1996 in which H ...

in 1996. He is also the Youth and Sports Minister for the Interim Government. Fathi Terbil's arrest in February 2011 sparked a demonstration in Benghazi on 15 February by around 200 relatives of the deceased prisoners, which began the

Libyan Civil War Demographics of Libya is the demography of Libya, specifically covering population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, and religious affiliations, as well as other aspects of the Libyan population. The ...

. He was subsequently said to have been freed. On 20 February, Terbil told

Al Jazeera Al Jazeera ( ar, الجزيرة, translit-std=DIN, translit=al-jazīrah, , "The Island") is a state-owned Arabic-language international radio and TV broadcaster of Qatar. It is based in Doha and operated by the media conglomerate Al Jazeera ...

that security forces - sometimes firing from civilian cars without license plates - had killed dozens, perhaps hundreds, of protestors in Benghazi. On 30 May 2011, he was awarded the

Ludovic-Trarieux International Human Rights Prize The Ludovic Trarieux International Human Rights Prize, or Ludovic Trarieux Award, is an international human rights award given annually to a lawyer for contributions to the defence of human rights. History The Prize was inaugurated in Bordeaux i ...

("The award given by lawyers to a lawyer"), given each year to a lawyer who throughout his or her career has illustrated, by activity or suffering, the defence of human rights in the world. He was appointed to the Libyan

representing youth after being one of the first arrested in street protests during the

on 15 February 2011 and later freed.

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Photos of Fathi Terbil in Beghazi
Living people Libyan lawyers Libyan human rights activists People of the First Libyan Civil War Libyan prisoners and detainees Prisoners and detainees of Libya Members of the National Transitional Council Members of the Interim Government of Libya 1972 births Youth ministers of Libya {{Libya-bio-stub