[Peace-discuss] Human Rights in the New Libya

[Carl G. Estabrook]

Human Rights in the New Libya
by Victor Nieto

Victor Nieto is a cartoonist in Venezuela.  Cf. "A Libyan diplomat who  
served as ambassador to France for Muammar Gaddafi died from torture  
within a day of being detained by a militia from Zintan, Human Rights  
Watch said in a statement on Friday. . . .  On January 26,  
humanitarian group Medecins Sans Frontieres said it had stopped its  
work in detention centers in the city of Misrata because its medical  
staff were being asked to patch up detainees mid-way through torture  
sessions so they could go back for more abuse" (Oliver Holmes, "Libyan  
Diplomat Dies After Torture: Rights Group," Reuters, 3 February 2012);  
Anthony Shadid, "Libya Struggles to Curb Militias as Chaos Grows" (New  
York Times, 8 February 2012); "When Gaddafi referred to the opposition  
as 'scum,' his diagnosis was perhaps a little too generous?  ( bit.ly/ 
xFOkK4 ) #Libya" (Maximilian Forte, 18 February 2012); "Many fear at  
least some of the militias that fended off Gaddafi have devolved into  
marauding armed gangs or, worse, death squads using files recovered at  
offices and tips gleaned from abusive interrogations to hunt down  
suspected former regime figures" (Borzou Daragahi, "Misurata Embraces  
Normality But Traumas Linger," Financial Times, 19 February 2012).
URL: mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2012/vicman210212.html
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