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"I'm proud of him. I'm proud of what he did"
Activists in Libya have been receiving threats online from people who do not like their views. Some have even been assassinated. The killing of 18-year-old prominent activist Tawfik Bensaud two months ago provoked anger online and there was an outpouring of support using the hashtag #IamTawfik. But more recently many activists have kept a low profile online after they were directly threatened on a number of Facebook pages.
Presenter Mukul Devichand speaks to Tawfik Bensaud’s cousin Huda El Khoja,
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