“It is high time that a criminal investigation is launched into the command responsibility of Saddam Haftar and Omar Imraj’. Amnesty International interviewed members of seven families from eastern Libya suspected of opposing LAAF who said TBZ fighters threatened to kill them if they did not leave eastern Libya. One activist who was subjected to enforced disappearance and torture by the TBZ for months said Saddam Haftar threatened him upon his release: “You have a choice. One former detainee informed Saddam Haftar about the abuse taking place in the detention centre, but he took no action to end the violations. The LAAF controls and carries out government-like functions in Benghazi, the second-largest city in Libya, and large swathes of eastern and southern Libya.

Source: Libya Today December 19, 2022 09:48 UTC