Tripoli (Editorial / Agencies) -. Thousands of opposition protesters seized the streets early Friday to the Libyan city of Benghazi, a day after protests from the "day of rage" provoke clashes with security forces that might have killed over 20 people . Meanwhile, the Army has deployed this Friday through the streets of Libya's second city, Benghazi, where thousands of people took to the streets to honor those killed in the clashes in the past two days between protesters and security forces .
On Thursday they held the "Day of Rage ', a protest against Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, inspired by the recent mobilizations in Tunisia and Egypt, who got out of office to their respective dictators. Most events occurred in the cities of Banghazi, Baida, Zenten, Derna and Ajdabiya.
The casualty figures vary according to the sources and the strong government control over the media makes it difficult to balance. Information from social networks to talk about 50 dead across the country since the protests began, on Wednesday. The Government has not issued any official information.
However, the newspaper edited by Gaddafi's son has reconicido there were 27 deaths by gunshot in Benghazi. The international human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW, based in New York) recorded up to 24 people, between Wednesday and Thursday, in various parts of Libya, based on data from their sources inside the country .
These deaths were due to "lethal force" by security forces and armed men with guns and knives and "plain clothes." According to the BBC, thousands of people have taken this Friday the streets of Benghazi (a few thousand miles east of Tripoli, the capital) to protest against Gaddafi. For their part, state television showed images of protesters, allegedly "live", chanting support for the president.
It is envisaged that in the coming hours the funeral held for the dozen people killed yesterday in Benghazi and Baida and it is feared that this tribute will serve as catalysts for new protests and resulting in a new confrontation with the police, as has happened before . According to BBC Radio, citing witnesses, security agents clashed with protesters yesterday Benghazi fired live ammunition and the doctors were at least ten bodies.
Besides, a resident of the city has told Reuters that Baida there have been "many dead". Local sources have told Reuters at least five deaths in this town, which produced some of the heaviest fighting of the 'Day of Wrath. " HRW has seen at least 16 people in this city. A son of Gaddafi, the employer Saadi Gaddafi, announced on local radio that he intends to go to Benghazi to assume the mayor of the city and restore order.
The BBC radio, quoting an eyewitness, said the protesters want an end to four decades of government of Muammar Gaddafi clashed with security forces who opened fire. Doctors told the bodies of 10 dead. In the nearby city of Al Bayda, where local sources previously told Reuters that five people were killed, some shops had installed in the streets, the BBC reported.
On Friday, the funeral would take place of the dead in Benghazi and Al Bayda. These ceremonies could act as catalysts for further protests. The fatal crashes were reported Thursday after the opposition called for protests in a rare show of defiance inspired by uprisings in other Arab states and the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak in Egypt and Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in Tunis.
The human rights group in New York-based Human Rights Watch said that according to sources within the country, the Libyan security forces killed at least 24 people in the repression of protests on Wednesday and Thursday. 
On Thursday they held the "Day of Rage ', a protest against Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, inspired by the recent mobilizations in Tunisia and Egypt, who got out of office to their respective dictators. Most events occurred in the cities of Banghazi, Baida, Zenten, Derna and Ajdabiya.
The casualty figures vary according to the sources and the strong government control over the media makes it difficult to balance. Information from social networks to talk about 50 dead across the country since the protests began, on Wednesday. The Government has not issued any official information.
However, the newspaper edited by Gaddafi's son has reconicido there were 27 deaths by gunshot in Benghazi. The international human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW, based in New York) recorded up to 24 people, between Wednesday and Thursday, in various parts of Libya, based on data from their sources inside the country .
These deaths were due to "lethal force" by security forces and armed men with guns and knives and "plain clothes." According to the BBC, thousands of people have taken this Friday the streets of Benghazi (a few thousand miles east of Tripoli, the capital) to protest against Gaddafi. For their part, state television showed images of protesters, allegedly "live", chanting support for the president.
It is envisaged that in the coming hours the funeral held for the dozen people killed yesterday in Benghazi and Baida and it is feared that this tribute will serve as catalysts for new protests and resulting in a new confrontation with the police, as has happened before . According to BBC Radio, citing witnesses, security agents clashed with protesters yesterday Benghazi fired live ammunition and the doctors were at least ten bodies.
Besides, a resident of the city has told Reuters that Baida there have been "many dead". Local sources have told Reuters at least five deaths in this town, which produced some of the heaviest fighting of the 'Day of Wrath. " HRW has seen at least 16 people in this city. A son of Gaddafi, the employer Saadi Gaddafi, announced on local radio that he intends to go to Benghazi to assume the mayor of the city and restore order.
The BBC radio, quoting an eyewitness, said the protesters want an end to four decades of government of Muammar Gaddafi clashed with security forces who opened fire. Doctors told the bodies of 10 dead. In the nearby city of Al Bayda, where local sources previously told Reuters that five people were killed, some shops had installed in the streets, the BBC reported.
On Friday, the funeral would take place of the dead in Benghazi and Al Bayda. These ceremonies could act as catalysts for further protests. The fatal crashes were reported Thursday after the opposition called for protests in a rare show of defiance inspired by uprisings in other Arab states and the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak in Egypt and Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in Tunis.
The human rights group in New York-based Human Rights Watch said that according to sources within the country, the Libyan security forces killed at least 24 people in the repression of protests on Wednesday and Thursday.
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