Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi looks on during a news conference at the Quirinale palace in Rome in this June 10, 2009 file photo.

They risked imprisonment and even death to help the rebels who were fighting to end the 42-year rule of Muammar Gaddafi. When the revolution began in February, Gaddafi's security forces stepped up their presence in the capital.

Slowly but surely, atrocities committed by the Gaddafi regime are being uncovered. In the week and more since Libyan rebels entered Tripoli, horror stories of human rights violations have been emerging.

The European Union has lifted sanctions on assets linked to the former regime of Muammer Gaddafi in an effort to support the new Libyan transitional government.

The fall of Libyan leader Mu'ammar Al-Qadhafi was received in the Arab world with joy mingled with apprehension. Alongside warm congratulations to the rebels for the victory, and official recognition of the National Transitional Council (NTC) as the ...

ELEANOR HALL: To Libya where mixed messages have come from two of Moamar Gaddafi's sons with one offering peace, and another promising a 'war of attrition'.