UN Report: Libya Beset by Unprecedented Turmoil, Lawlessness

A new report by the U.N. Human Rights Office and the U.N. Support Mission in Libya finds a nation beset by turmoil, lawlessness and armed conflict. The findings, which will be formally presented to the Human Rights Council in March, are expected to dash any lingering hope the Arab Spring would result in the formation of a democratic, egalitarian Libya. In a bleak rendering of a society run by armed factions determined to exert their power by force, the report, authors say, shows that...

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