U.S. Supports Expelling Libya From UN Rights Council

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The Obama administration backs removing Libya from the UN Human Rights Council following the government’s attacks on protesters, State Department spokesman Philip J. Crowley said.

“We support expelling Libya from the Human Rights Council,” Crowley told reporters in Washington today. He also said the U.S. has received indirect messages from Libyan government leader Muammar Qaddafi. Crowley declined to characterize the contents of the messages.