In February 2011, as many Libyans took to the streets to demonstrate against dictator Muammar Gaddafi, his security forces cracked down - killing hundreds. After two students were killed in Al-Bayda, security forces then opened fire on the funeral, killing 17.

The Al-Gharari family home was hit by a NATO airstrike at Souq al Jumaa in the early hours of the morning of June 20th, killing five family members including two young children. NATO blamed a misfire but the family never received compensation.

On August 8, 2011 multiple NATO airstrikes hit the town of Majer outside Zlitan. More than 30 civilians were killed, according to the United Nations. Atia, whose two-year-old daughter Arwa died, still wants an apology.

In the most blatant abuse by rebel forces, more than 40,000 residents of Tawergha were forced from their homes after being accused of supporting Gaddafi. More than 25 civilians were killed, while hundreds were arrested. A decade on, Tawergha remains a ghost town.

As Gaddafi forces lost control of the capital Tripoli they committed a series of brutal massacres. In one, an estimated 50 prisoners were reportedly forced into a warehouse and murdered with grenades.

By autumn 2011 Muammar Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte was the last area under regime control. Rebel forces and NATO laid siege, in a fierce battle in which all sides killed civilians.

In one of the last reported events of the 2011 uprising, three children were killed at Sirte, following an air or artillery strike by NATO or its rebel allies on Al-Wafa neighbourhood. Muammar Gaddafi himself was captured and killed on October 20th.