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Investigator Sidney Kwiram said HRW documented "ongoing torture" used "to force confessions or for punishment."
HRW left unaddressed that most held are pro-Gaddafi political prisoners. Doing so is lawless repression. It's also more proof of NATO and its puppet NTC regime's contempt for human rights.
On January 26, AI headlined, "Libya: Deaths of detainees amid widespread torture," saying:
Libyan detainees are tortured and abused. As a result, some died. Victims are pro-Gaddafi loyalists. AI met detainees "in and around Tripoli, Misrata and Gheryan."
Torture marks were visible, including "open wounds on the head, limbs, back and other parts of the body."
It's inflicted "by officially recognized military and security entities as well as a multitude of armed militias operating outside any legal framework."
AI knows international law prohibits torture and abuse committed by any authority at all times, under all conditions with no allowed exceptions. Nonetheless, it didn't explain.
AI's Donatell Rovera called it "horrifying to find that there has been no progress to stop the use of torture. We are not aware of any proper investigations into (these cases), and neither the survivors or relatives of those who have died in detention have had any recourse to justice or redress for what they have suffered."
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