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'Murder, Torture, Enslavement, Extrajudicial Killings And Rape': UN Cites Crimes Against Humanity In Libya

Since the fall of former autocrat Moammar Gaddafi of Libya, the country is in constant political turmoil which often results in brutal crimes. The recent investigation by UN investigators is moving to hold the responsible to account.

'Murder, Torture, Enslavement, Extrajudicial Killings And Rape': UN Cites Crimes Against Humanity In Libya
The Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya says war crimes may have been committed in the country since 2016 in report presented in Geneva on Monday. | Twitter - UN Human Rights Council
'Murder, Torture, Enslavement, Extrajudicial Killings And Rape': UN Cites Crimes Against Humanity In Libya
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2021-10-04T17:57:46+05:30

United Nations human rights investigators say they have turned up evidence of possible war crimes and crimes against humanity in Libya.

The first findings from outside experts commissioned by the Human Rights Council released Monday chronicle accounts of crimes like murder, torture, enslavement, extrajudicial killings and rape.

The “fact-finding mission” could send a potent signal to key international and regional powers amid violence and mistreatment that has wracked Libya since the fall of former autocrat Moammar Gadhafi a decade ago.

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