New Libya ’stained’ by detainee abuse

Publication Date: 13 October 2011 A new report reveals beatings and torture of captured al-Gaddafi soldiers, suspected loyalists and alleged 'mercenaries'. Teaser image: Amnesty International Index Number: MDE19/036/2011 The new authorities in Libya must stamp out arbitrary detention and widespread abuse of detainees, Amnesty International said today in a new briefing paper. In Detention Abuses Staining the New Libya the organization reveals a pattern of beatings and ill-treatment of captured al-Gaddafi soldiers, suspected loyalists and alleged mercenaries in…

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