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#REDIRECT [[International reactions to the Libyan civil war (2011)#UK squatting by 'Topple the Tyrants']]
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[[File:Topple the Tyrants occupation.jpg|thumb|right|Topple the Tyrants occupation of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi's house]]
'''Topple the Tyrants''' is an activist group which occupied a [[London]] home belonging to [[Seif al-Islam]], son of Libyan leader [[Muammar Gaddafi]], in March 2011.<ref>{{cite web|author=Esther Addley |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/mar/09/libya-muammar-gaddafi |title=Squatters take over Saif Gaddafi's London home &#124; UK news |publisher=The Guardian |date= |accessdate=2011-03-10}}</ref> The home the group occupied is an eight-bedroom mansion in [[Hampstead Garden Suburb]], London, which had been listed by Seif as for sale for €12.75 million as the [[2011 Libyan civil war]] began.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.english.rfi.fr/africa/20110309-kadhafi-sons-london-home-occupied-campaigners |title=Kadhafi son's London home occupied by campaigners &#124; RFI |publisher=| |date=2009-07-06 |accessdate=2011-03-10}}</ref>

As of 10 March, 2011, [[Scotland Yard]] had stated the issue was being treated as a "civil matter", and that no arrests had yet been made.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/10/3159949.htm |title=Squatters occupy Gaddafi's London mansion - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |publisher=Abc.net.au |date= |accessdate=2011-03-11}}</ref>

On 17 March the Evening Standard reported that the squatters had on Saturday been offered £40,000 to move out. They say they are trying to raise funds for the charity World Medical Camp for Libya.

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