A police station in Tobruk is set ablaze by anti-government protesters - scenes of unrest have spread across Libya with the east of the country appearing more and more to be under the control of protesters.
But international condemnation is growing at the reported violence being meted out against demonstrators in Tripoli.
A flag of liberation may have been flown in Benghazi, but elsewhere Gaddafi's forces are continuing to fight an increasingly bloody battle to keep him in power with shootings and bombings.
The UN Security Council in new York is to meet in closed session to discuss the crisis at the request of Libya's own disaffected diplomats.
Libya's diplomats reject Gaddafi's "brutal regime"
In an unprecedented move, most of Libya's mission to the United Nations in New York has revolted against Gaddafi, vowing to represent the people not the government from now on.
Ibrahim Dabbashi said they were taking the action
because of the regime's despicable action in attacking the Libyan people.
" We have never been with Gaddafi, we are with the people and we just made a statement to ask the international community to intervene to do something to help the Libyan people who are facing genocide in Tripoli . Also he is facing crimes against humanity in all the eastern cities of Libya."
As protesters showed their support for the uprising outside UN headquarters, the diplomat and his colleagues called for help from the UN.
They want it to establish a no-fly zone above Libya to prevent mercenaries from being flown in and to establish a safe passage for medical supplies to help treat the injured.
Source: EURONEWS
