Libya: “Out of control” militias commit widespread abuses, a year on from uprising (Full Report )

Armed militias operating across Libya commit widespread human rights abuses with impunity,

fuelling insecurity and hindering the rebuilding of state institutions,

warned Amnesty International in a new report released today,

a year on from the start of the February 2011 uprising.

The report Militias threaten hopes for new Libya, documents widespread and serious abuses,

including war crimes, by a multitude of militias against suspected al-Gaddafi loyalists,

with cases of people being unlawfully detained and tortured – sometimes to death.

African migrants and refugees have also been targeted, and revenge attacks have been carried out,

forcibly displacing entire communities

– while the authorities have done nothing to investigate the abuses

and hold those responsible to account.

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