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UN: Torture widespread in Libya detention centers
Wednesday, October 2, 2013 10:33
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The UN has warned about widespread torture in Libyan detention centers run by revolutionaries who took arms against former dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
“The report indicates that torture is widespread and most frequent immediately after arrest and during the first days of interrogation to extract confessions and other information,” Ravina Shamdasani, a spokeswoman for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), said on Tuesday.
“In some cases, members of the armed brigades freely admitted, and even tried to justify, the physical abuse of detainees,” Shamdasani told reporters …. http://www.presstv.ir
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