In September 1975, Gaddafi purged the army, arresting around 200 senior officers, and in October he founded the clandestine Office for the Security of the Revolution. In 1976, student demonstrations broke out in Tripoli and Benghazi, and were attacked by police and Gaddafist students. The RCC responded with mass arrests, and introduced compulsory national service for young people. Dissent also arose from conservative clerics and the Muslim Brotherhood, who were persecuted as anti-revolutionary. In January 1977, two dissenting students and a number of army officers were publicly hanged; Amnesty International condemned it as the first time in Gaddafist Libya that dissenters had been executed for purely political crimes. COUNT 5
QSN1 In what year was the Office for the Security of the Revolution founded? ANS1 1975 QSN2 In what year did student protests occur in Benghazi? ANS2 1976 QSN3 How many senior officers were expelled fro the army in 1975? ANS3 200 QSN4 How many students were executed in January of 1977? ANS4 two QSN5 Who criticized the political execution of students and military officers that occurred in January 1977? ANS5 Amnesty International