Several people have died after being
tortured by militias in Libyan detention centres, human rights group Amnesty
International has said.
It claimed to have seen patients in Tripoli, Misrata and Gheryan with open
wounds to their head, limbs and back.
Meanwhile, charity Medecins Sans Frontieres has suspended operations in
Misrata after treating 115 patients with torture-related wounds.
The UN says it is concerned about the conditions in which patients are held.
"The torture is being carried out by officially recognised military and
security entities as well as by a multitude of armed militias operating outside
any legal framework," a spokesman for London-based Amnesty said...
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