45 people have been sentenced to death in Libya over the killings that took place in 2011.
They were handed the sentence by a Libyan court on Wednesday. A court has asked that they are killed by firing squad.
The 45 militiamen are accused of killing demonstrators in Tripoli during the 2011 uprising against dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
The country’s justice ministry said in a statement that 54 other defendants were jailed for five years.
22 others were however acquitted while three others died before the verdict was announced.
In 2011 during the uprising, dozens of demonstrators were killed when militiamen backed by the then regime fired into protesters.
The militiamen opened fire near the Abu Slim district of the capital when rebel forces closed in on the capital.
The late Gaddafi was toppled in the 2011 revolt backed by NATO. He ruled the country for decades since capturing power in a 1969 coup.
He was killed near his hometown of Sirte, south of the capital by rebels. Libya has been in turmoil since Gaddafi’s death.
Source: Africafeeds.com
