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Torture 'widespread' in Libyan jails - UN report [View all]
Source: BBC
Torture and ill-treatment, sometimes resulting in death, is "widespread" in Libyan jails, a new UN report says.
The report says torture is most frequent used "immediately after arrest and during the first days of interrogation".
The UN estimates about 8,000 people are still being held in relation to the 2011 conflict which ended in the overthrow of Col Gaddafi.
The vast majority are being held without due process, the report says.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24356037
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