It is becoming more questionable whether the political situation in Libya is truly improving while on its way to instituting a fair system of government.

It has been almost a year since the uprising in Libya against the repressive, decade-old Muammar Gaddafi regime began and took off.

After thousands of deaths, the opposition movement gradually gained control of various parts of the country until finally, last August, the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) managed to take control of the capital, and forced Gaddafi into hiding.

Weeks later, Gaddafi was found and killed, and the opposition movement came out of the uprising.

Following the dictator's death, the NTC began to establish themselves, promising to draft a new and fair Constitution, and instituting elections in the near future. However, a distance seems to have grown between the NTC and the Libyan people.

Complaints of a lack of transparency and even torture within detention centers are becoming louder, as skirmishes between former Gaddafi militias,and pro-revolutionary militias continue to break out across the country.

In recent months, the initial honeymoon between the Libyan people and the interim government, headed by the NTC, has clearly begun to sour.

This became most evident when in mid-January protests began to happen in various cities across the country, most notably in the capital Tripoli and in Benghazi, where the revolts began outside many of the NTC buildings.

According to public opinion, the new regulations make it difficult for new parties to be established, and easy for government officials who formerly served under the Gaddafi regime to run.

This is sparking a growing suspicion that the NTC is negotiating with officials of the former regime.

Like in Egypt and Yemen, it seems as though the transitional government is not keeping to their word when they promise to fulfill the people's demands of ensuring human rights are upheld, and that a democratically elected government is instituted as fairly and quickly as possible.

Other than the NTC's seeming ignorance of the people's demands, they have been further abusing the human rights of Libyans by practicing torture in detention centers.

Recently, accusations of torture have come to light within Libya's prisons. Despite change in the regime, it seems that common torturous practices from Gaddafi's rule continue to happen.

According to an Amnesty International report stated in The New York Times, " ‘several' people had been tortured to death in detention ‘by officially recognized military and security entities,' as well as by a multitude of armed militias."

Even though Gaddafi is gone, the NTC is gradually proving to be just another North African dictatorship.

Undoubtedly, the Libyans have come far since last February.

To many, the fall of the Brother Leader's dictatorship was unthinkable, especially since he had ruled the country for over forty years at that point. However, it is clear that there are still remnants of the former regime