Excavation works carried out by UN-backed government forces in Libya, uncover distressing and inhumane mass graves left behind by warlord Khalifa Haftar
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Since the UN-backed GNA forces captured warlord Khalifa Haftar’s stronghold in the city of Tarhuna earlier last month,Authorities announced that so far they have found at leastFurthermore, according to the GNA, women and children are included in these numbers, while at least 15 victims have been identified and handed over to families so that they can be buried in Qasr bin Gashr, south of Tripoli.
The discoveries of mass graves have attracted the attention of the UN, activists and international organisations, not least because their alarming presence highlights the blatant violation of human rights in territories controlled by Haftar. on the issue last month. Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, will embark on a fact-finding mission to Libya.
The UN Support Mission in Libya called the discovery of bodies, including women and children, in Tarhuna, “terrifying.”
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