Amnesty calls for U.N. sanctions, war crimes probe in Libya


  • World
  • Thursday, 29 Jan 2015

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Rights group Amnesty International called on Wednesday for targeted U.N. sanctions and investigations into possible war crimes in Libya to end a cycle of abductions and summary killings by rival armed factions.

An Amnesty report released on Wednesday focussed on Benghazi, where an alliance of Islamist militants and ex-rebels, known as Shura Council, has battled for months with forces allied to army General Khalifa Haftar, who declared war on Islamist extremists.

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