Click to expand Image Seham Sergewa, Libyan politician and member of the House of Representatives abducted in Benghazi on July 17, 2019, attends a session at the Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerland, 2015. Relatives of Sergewa and Benghazi residents with knowledge of the abduction said that LAAF-affiliated groups abducted her. However, the Interim Government, the authority effectively governing eastern Libya, has blamed “terrorist groups who infiltrated Benghazi” for the abduction, but never substantiated this claim. The LAAF, the armed group allied with the Interim Government and commanded by Khalifa Hiftar, denied any role in the incident. Further, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has a mandate to investigate war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in Libya since 2011.

Source: Libya Today July 17, 2020 03:56 UTC