A visit to Libya by the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor has reignited hope for long-delayed justice for the victims of a militia that controlled a town during the 2019-2020 battle for Tripoli, the capital.
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By Sami Zaptia.
London, 9 January 2021:
Hundreds of residents of the Libyan town Tarhuna were abducted or reported missing between 2014 and 2020, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report on Thursday (7 December).
Libya’s internationally recognized government in Tripoli reported that they have so far discovered 27 mass graves in Tarhuna since June, but that they have yet to identify the bodies.
The Tripoli-based Public Authority for Search and Identification of Missing Persons said at least 338 residents of Tarhuna were reported missing after the local al-Kani militia, also known as al-Kaniyat, took control of the town in 2015,
Residents reported that the militia often abducted, detained, tortured, killed, and disappeared people who opposed them or who were suspected of doing so. Some said the militia seized private property and stole their money, HRW reported.