Call for Demonstrations in Benghazi.

Benghazi, 15 January 2015(Lana) Residents of the Libyan eastern city of Benghazi, fed up with the fighting inside the city quarters that aggravated their suffering, have called for a popular uprising against the forces of the retired General Hafter which were constantly bombarding the city. They set Thursday as the date for the uprising which was called by activists in a bid to return the city to normalcy. Posters were distributed inside and outside the city. Some read 'No to Hafter..No to displacement..No to oppression. Reactions to the call varied, some interpreted it as an inability to undertake any peaceful action inside the city due to the heavy fighting, others believed the dire living conditions in the city have driven residents to take risks to rise up, especially that the city dwellers are threatened with starvation because of acute shortages of food, coupled with lack of electricity, water and communications. Meanwhile armed civilians have blocked streets with containers and sand dikes, to prevent the revolutionaries entering the quarters controlled by what has become known as the Sahawat 'people who woke up from sleep'. Activists said the Thursday uprising plan included reopening of all streets and engaging the Sahawat and Hafter militiamen. It also called for authorizing the Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council with the task of guarding all entries to the cities to deny armed men entry to the city. They called for helping displaced people to return to their homes, demanding that the NSG provide these people all assistance they need including food stuff, electricity, cooking gas and fuel. Lana=