Amnesty International on Wednesday accused a powerful government-backed Libyan armed group of abuses against migrants and Tripoli residents. In a statement, it accused the Stability Support Authority (SSA) of "unlawful killings, arbitrary detentions, interception and subsequent arbitrary detention of migrants and refugees, torture, forced labour, and other shocking human rights violations". Amnesty said al-Kikli, known as "Gheniwa", had been appointed despite a "well-documented history of crimes under international law and other serious human rights violations committed by militias under his command". Armed groups have vied for control of territory as a string of interim governments have come and gone. Harari now heads the Tripoli-based Internal Security Agency, another militia Amnesty accused of "crimes and human rights violations".

Source: Libya Today May 04, 2022 12:53 UTC