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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/libya-uk-seeks-world-condemnation.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Saif Gaddafi appeared on state television to declare his father remained in charge with the army's backing" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-libya-uk-seeks-world-condemnation.jpg" alt="Saif Gaddafi appeared on state television to declare his father remained in charge with the army's backing"/></a></p>
<p>Britain is seeking international condemnation of Libya&#8217;s bloody repression of protests against Muammar Gaddafi&#8217;s 42-year rule, described by Prime Minister David Cameron as &#8220;unacceptable, counter-productive and wrong&#8221;.</p>
<p>Estimates of deaths after several days of clashes topped 200 on Sunday after forces loyal to Gaddafi opened fire on mourners at a funeral for protesters killed earlier in the week.</p>
<p>Reports suggested Libya&#8217;s second city Benghazi may be slipping out of Gaddafi&#8217;s control, with some military units apparently siding with protesters against the foreign mercenaries hired to bolster the crackdown on protests. There have also been demonstrations in the outskirts of capital Tripoli, a stronghold of the dictator&#8217;s supporters.</p>
<p>The Libyan leader&#8217;s son Saif Gaddafi appeared on state television on Sunday night to declare that his father remained in charge with the army&#8217;s backing.</p>
<p>&#8220;Muammar Gaddafi, our leader, is leading the battle in Tripoli, and we are with him. The armed forces are with him. Tens of thousands are heading here to be with him. We will fight until the last man, the last woman, the last bullet,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>The younger Gaddafi added that the death toll was 84, although doctors in Benghazi say more than 200 have died.</p>
<p>Foreign Secretary William Hague will seek a united expression of condemnation for the Libyan authorities&#8217; response to the demonstrations when he meets fellow EU foreign ministers in Brussels later. Mr Hague has also called on Arab leaders to express their concern about the most brutal response so far to the wave of pro-democracy protest spreading across north Africa and the Middle East.</p>
<p>On Sunday Mr Hague spoke by telephone to Saif Gaddafi, warning him of global disapproval of the regime&#8217;s actions. The use of sniper fire, automatic weapons and heavy artillery against unarmed protesters is &#8220;dreadful and horrifying&#8221;, Mr Hague has 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,&#8221; said a Foreign Office spokesman.</p>
<p>On Sunday night the Foreign Office tightened its travel advice for Libya, urging any Britons without a pressing need to remain in the country to leave by commercial means if it is safe to do so. </p>
<p>Consular staff have been helping some of the estimated 50 UK nationals in eastern Libya, where the unrest has been focused, to move to safer areas over the past few days. Around 3,500 ex-pats are thought to be in the country, most of them in Tripoli.</p>
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