Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Amnesty International: War Crimes Committed By Both Sides In Libya

Murder And Torture 'Carried Out By Both Sides' Of Uprising Against Libyan Regime -- The Guardian

Amnesty International report is filled with horrific abuses and killings by pro-Gaddafi forces as well as opposition fighters.

Rebels as well as pro-Gaddafi forces have perpetrated killings, torture and other abuses during the uprising against the Libyan regime, say human rights investigators.

The civil war that brought down Muammar Gaddafi has been marked by widespread atrocities on both sides, according to Amnesty International.

In one of the most comprehensive reports yet on the human cost of the six-month conflict, Amnesty offers harrowing testimony of the war crimes, killings of unarmed protesters and arbitrary detentions by Gaddafi's security forces. But it also lifts the lid on a catalogue of reprisal attacks that have gained less international attention during the revolution.

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More News On Amnesty International's Report On Libya

Report: Libya rebels may be guilty of war crimes -- CBS News/AP
Libya's rebel forces committed abuses, says Amnesty -- BBC
Libya war threatens spiral of rights abuse: Amnesty -- Reuters
Amnesty accuses anti-Kadhafi groups of war crimes -- AFP
Gaddafi, rebel forces both guilty of war crimes: Amnesty -- National Post
Amnesty finds abuses on both sides in Libya -- CBC
Report accuses both sides in Libya of war crimes -- Euronews
Report details human rights abuses -- UPI
Libyan Council Forces May Be Guilty of War Crimes, Amnesty Says -- Bloomberg Businesweek
Amnesty: Libyan War Threatens Spiral of Abuses -- Voice of America
Libyan Rebel Leader Warns Followers Against ‘Retribution’ -- New York Magazine

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