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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/libya-crackdown-is-unacceptable.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="A young supporter of Libyan president Moammar Gadhafi shouts slogans during a pro-government demonstration in Tripoli (AP)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-libya-crackdown-is-unacceptable.jpg" alt="A young supporter of Libyan president Moammar Gadhafi shouts slogans during a pro-government demonstration in Tripoli (AP)"/></a></p>
<p>Foreign Secretary William Hague has spoken to the son of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi and told him the bloody repression of demonstrations in the country was &#8220;unacceptable&#8221; and would bring worldwide condemnation.</p>
<p>Mr Hague told Saif Gaddafi that the Libyan authorities should embark on dialogue with protesters and implement reforms to the north African state&#8217;s autocratic political system.</p>
<p>The phone conversation came amid continuing reports of violent attacks by Libyan special forces and foreign mercenaries on unarmed protesters in several cities.</p>
<p>Unconfirmed reports from medical officials in Libya&#8217;s second city Benghazi suggest that at least 200 people have been killed in a bloody crackdown on demonstrations, with one Dubai-based opposition activist putting the figure as high as 300.</p>
<p>Pro-Gaddafi forces fired machine-guns at mourners marching in a funeral for demonstrators killed in earlier clashes, with one Benghazi hospital reporting at least 15 further fatalities. Over the past four days, demonstrators have been attacked by sniper fire, automatic weapons and even heavy artillery.</p>
<p>Mr Hague denounced the Libyan authorities&#8217; use of force as &#8220;dreadful and horrifying&#8221; and said that the world &#8220;should not hesitate to condemn&#8221; it.</p>
<p>On Monday, he will urge fellow foreign ministers at an EU summit in Brussels to join Britain in expressing concern. And he called on leaders of Arab countries to raise their own protests at events in Libya, which has seen the most brutal official response to the wave of unrest sweeping across north Africa and the Middle East.</p>
<p>Following the phone call with Saif Gaddafi &#8211; the head of the Gaddafi Human Rights Society &#8211; a Foreign Office spokesman said: &#8220;The Foreign Secretary made clear the UK&#8217;s grave concern at the escalation in violence. He expressed alarm at reports of large numbers of people being killed or attacked by Libyan security forces.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Foreign Secretary told Mr Gaddafi that the Libyan Government&#8217;s actions were unacceptable and would result in world-wide condemnation.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Foreign Secretary strongly encouraged the Libyan government to embark on dialogue and implement reforms.&#8221;</p>
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