Due to Libya’s dictatorship, the people of Libya started an uprising. Muammar Gaddafi (the leader) remains defiant against the protestors’ overthrow. On February 26^th, the United Nations Security Council imposed sanctions on Gaddafi and his family, and refers Libya’s crackdown on rebels to the International criminal court.

  Gaddafi still refused to acknowledge protests in the streets of Tripoli. He tried to say all Libyans love him.

  Finally on March 1^st, the U.N. General Assembly unanimously suspended Libya’s membership of the U.N. Human Rights Council. On March 19, the first air strikes halted the advance of Gaddafi’s forces on Benghazi and target Libya’s air defenses. Gaddafi still refused to surrender.

  On April 11, the rebels rejected an African Union Peace Plan. On April 29^th, Gaddafi said he is ready for a ceasefire and negotiations in a live speech.

  A NATO missile attack on a house in Tripoli killed Gaddafi’s youngest son and three grandchildren on April 30. Gaddafi was able to survive the attack.

  On May 5, Ministers from the anti-Gaddafi Libya contact group, among them the U.S., France, Britain, Italy, Qatar, Kuwait, and Jordan agree in Rome to set up a non-military fund to help the rebels who are short of cash.

  On May 7, government forces destroy fuel storage tanks in Misrata, rebels report, making it more difficult for the city to withstand the government siege. On May 10, NATO launched new missile strikes against targets in the Tripoli area that appear to include Gaddafi’s compound witnesses say.

  Now Gaddafi is believed to be in Venezuela.