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Also in 2009, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi welcomed Sarah Leah Whitson, director of Human Rights Watch's Middle East division, into Libya, accompanying her in meeting with many government officials and others during her visit.

She wrote of her official visit that " the real impetus for the transformation rests squarely with a quasi-governmental organization, the Qaddafi Foundation for International Charities and Development " chaired by Gaddafi.

She praised Gaddafi for establishing the country's two semi-private newspapers, and said " it is impossible to underestimate the importance of the efforts made so far.

Let's hope this spring will last.