Man who was catalyst of uprising made a minister
Fethi Tarbel, Libya’s new sport and youth minister, wiped away tears after he took a pledge of allegiance to Libya.
Standing in front of prime minister Abdurrahim El-Keib and National Transitional Council chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil, Mr Tarbel, 39, was among a small group of ministers who were not part of the first inauguration of Libya’s government last month.
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Hide AdMr Tarbel, a human rights activist and lawyer who represented families of the Abu Salim prison massacre in 1996, was arrested in Benghazi in February.
His detention sparked a demonstration by families of the victims in the eastern town’s Shajara Square on the night of 15-16 February. They were then dispersed by police, which sparked larger riots on 17 February that began Libya’s uprising.