A Chinese envoy made a joint statement at the General Debate of the
Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, on behalf of 26
countries, criticizing the United States and Western countries for
violating human rights, calling for the complete and immediate lifting
of unilateral sanctions, and expressing grave concern on systematic
racial discrimination.
Zhang Jun, China’s permanent representative to the United Nations,
made the statement on behalf of Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Belarus,
Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Cuba, the Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Iran, Laos, Myanmar,
Namibia, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Palestine, Russia, Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines, South Sudan, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic continues to
severely affect all nations, in particular developing countries. The
response to and recovery from Covid-19 requires global solidarity and
international cooperation.
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9/23/19
Saudi Arabia: Canada and nearly two dozen mainly European countries voiced concern on Monday at the UN over Saudi alleged Human Rights Violations
Canada and nearly two dozen mainly European countries voiced concern on Monday at the UN over alleged torture, unlawful detentions and unfair trials of critics, including women activists and journalists, in Saudi Arabia.
It was the second joint statement criticizing the kingdom read out at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva in six months, following the first censure of Saudi Arabia at the forum in March.
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6/19/19
Saudi Arabia: UN report says there is credible evidence Saudi crown prince liable Khashoggi killing
‘Credible evidence’ Saudi crown prince liable for Khashoggi killing – UN report
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1/9/19
Saudi Arabia: Disappeared Saudi couple highlights crackdown on activists shows disrespect for Human Rights of Saudi Government
The cases of Saudi stand-up comedian Fahad
al-Butairi and his wife, Loujain al-Hathloul, a women's right-to-drive
activist, who were arrested in 2018, has resurfaced following a Twitter
thread detailing their disappearance.
In a series of tweets, American writer and
television producer Kirk Rudell spoke about his friendship with the
Saudi couple who tried to challenge the kingdom's strict social rules.
The tweets about their disappearance went viral, spotlighting Saudi Arabia's crackdown on activists and the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October last year.
Read more: Disappeared Saudi couple highlights crackdown on activists | Saudi Arabia News | Al Jazeera
1/5/19
United Nations: US halts cooperations with UN on potential human rights violations
US halts cooperation with UN on potential human rights violations.
Note EU Digest: this will certainly please Saudi Arabia, which is one of the World's leading human rights violaters.
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11/14/18
Turkey: German Kurdish singer sentenced to 6 years
Turkish court sentences German-Kurdish singer to six years in prison
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10/30/18
EU Saudi Relations: Calls for Saudi arms embargo pit EU values against interests
Pressure is growing for the European Union to consider an arms
embargo on Saudi Arabia after Germany, Austria and the European
Parliament called for an end to weapons sales over the killing of Saudi
journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
In the space of a few hours that highlighted tensions over the matter, Germany's Angela Merkel reaffirmed last Friday (Oct 26) that her country would not deliver any arms to Saudi Arabia until Mr Khashoggi's death was explained, while French President Emmanuel Macron said such moves smacked of populist "demagoguery".
EU ambassadors may formally discuss the issue after a rare request to do so by governments, two diplomats said last Friday, and the Netherlands is lobbying for a new EU regime to sanction human rights abuses, regardless of where they happen.
But the debate in Brussels and in EU capitals is also reviving familiar splits in the bloc's foreign policy, with Europe's main powers following their own economic and political interests that tend to undermine any forceful EU foreign policy that aims to be guided by democracy and human rights.
The Belgian region of Wallonia, which owns firearms manufacturer FN Herstal, has said it will examine future requests for arms export licences to its top weapons client with "the greatest circumspection", following Mr Khashoggi's murder.
Austria, which holds the EU's six-month presidency, wants a halt to
arms sales, and Germany will stop approving weapons exports until Mr
Khashoggi's murder is cleared up. France ignored such calls.
Read more: Calls for Saudi arms embargo pit EU values against interests, Europe News & Top Stories - The Straits Times
In the space of a few hours that highlighted tensions over the matter, Germany's Angela Merkel reaffirmed last Friday (Oct 26) that her country would not deliver any arms to Saudi Arabia until Mr Khashoggi's death was explained, while French President Emmanuel Macron said such moves smacked of populist "demagoguery".
EU ambassadors may formally discuss the issue after a rare request to do so by governments, two diplomats said last Friday, and the Netherlands is lobbying for a new EU regime to sanction human rights abuses, regardless of where they happen.
But the debate in Brussels and in EU capitals is also reviving familiar splits in the bloc's foreign policy, with Europe's main powers following their own economic and political interests that tend to undermine any forceful EU foreign policy that aims to be guided by democracy and human rights.
The Belgian region of Wallonia, which owns firearms manufacturer FN Herstal, has said it will examine future requests for arms export licences to its top weapons client with "the greatest circumspection", following Mr Khashoggi's murder.
10/11/18
US - Saudi Relations: US President Trump puts weapons sale above Human Rights in disappearance of US Resident Journalist at Saudi Consulate in Istanbul
While Trump put sanctions on Turkey, a NATO partner, for not releasing a Christian Pastor, he has done nothing so far for the flagrant Human Rights violations by Saudi-Arabia, who captured a US Resident, Saudi Arabian Journalist, while he visited their Istanbul Consulate and possibly killed him.
When asked why he has not taken any action against Saudi Arabia, Trump said the US is selling billions of dollars of weapons to Saudi Arabia, and does not want to loose billions of sales to other countries
10/10/18
Saudi - Arabia: A ruthless government captures local journalist Khashoggi in Turkey embassy while US keeps silent
Via euronews: Did Embassy in DC send Khashoggi to Istanbul?
9/10/18
Hungary: Could Hungary lose its EU voting rights as a result of Human Rights violations by Orban Government??
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| Human Rights Violations demonstration in Budapest, Hungay |
Marta Pardavi said she knew all too well what would be waiting for her after speaking out in Brussels about the Hungarian government's continuing crackdown on human rights and rule of law. Pardavi, the co-chair of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, lives daily with the repercussions of defending what are generally considered "European values" — but not in Viktor Orban's Hungary.
Pardavi, whose organization represents and defends asylum-seekers in Hungary, described to DW what happened after a recent appearance before the civil liberties committee in the European Parliament (EP). "Already during the event, while I was sitting here in Brussels in the European Parliament, my colleagues in the office were flooded with hate mails, with telephone calls, calling me and my organization out for 'slandering Hungary' while we stand up for democracy," she recalled. "My name and my picture and those of my colleagues who come to Brussels to talk about the rule-of-law problems in Hungary are always targeted after these events. It's not only a fear but based on evidence that I know that this will be happening."
As Pardavi predicted, within an hour of this event finishing, the Budapest office of Amnesty International, which also had a representative on the panel, reported it had received a death threat for supporting the "VoteYes4Hungary" campaign urging the EP to vote Wednesday to launch Article 7 sanction procedures against the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, which could lead to a suspension of voting rights in EU affairs.
Could Hungary lose its EU voting rights? | Europe| News and current affairs from around the continent | DW | 10.09.2018
4/18/18
Turkey: Erdogan Calls Snap Election for June; Lira, Stocks Rally -
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called elections a year earlier than scheduled, moving to consolidate his one-man rule of the region’s largest economy.
The vote will complete the transformation of the political system, eliminating the prime minister’s job and weakening the role of parliament. Turkish markets rallied after Erdogan’s announcement in Ankara that the country will go to the polls June 24 to pick a president, almost certainly ratifying his hold on power.
“In calling an early election, Erdogan must feel confident he and his AK Party have the necessary numbers to achieve victory," said Paul Greer, a London-based portfolio manager at Fidelity International. "That itself should reduce market uncertainty."
Erdogan’s ruling party has never called early elections in the nearly 16 years it’s been in power, and repeatedly rejected speculation that it’d call them this year. Many analysts had predicted an early vote nonetheless, saying a deteriorating economic outlook and fighting in neighboring Syria would prompt him to move up the date rather than risk re-election in a downturn.
Erdogan, who defeated an attempted coup in 2016, has stoked nationalist fervor since launching an incursion into Syria in January, playing the same card as other strongmen, such as Russia’s Vladimir Putin.
“It has become a necessity for Turkey to overcome uncertainties as soon as possible amid developments of historical importance in our region as well as the cross-border operation we’re carrying out in Syria,” Erdogan said in announcing the vote.
Read more: Erdogan Calls Snap Election for June; Lira, Stocks Rally - Bloomberg
The vote will complete the transformation of the political system, eliminating the prime minister’s job and weakening the role of parliament. Turkish markets rallied after Erdogan’s announcement in Ankara that the country will go to the polls June 24 to pick a president, almost certainly ratifying his hold on power.
“In calling an early election, Erdogan must feel confident he and his AK Party have the necessary numbers to achieve victory," said Paul Greer, a London-based portfolio manager at Fidelity International. "That itself should reduce market uncertainty."
Erdogan’s ruling party has never called early elections in the nearly 16 years it’s been in power, and repeatedly rejected speculation that it’d call them this year. Many analysts had predicted an early vote nonetheless, saying a deteriorating economic outlook and fighting in neighboring Syria would prompt him to move up the date rather than risk re-election in a downturn.
Erdogan, who defeated an attempted coup in 2016, has stoked nationalist fervor since launching an incursion into Syria in January, playing the same card as other strongmen, such as Russia’s Vladimir Putin.
“It has become a necessity for Turkey to overcome uncertainties as soon as possible amid developments of historical importance in our region as well as the cross-border operation we’re carrying out in Syria,” Erdogan said in announcing the vote.
Read more: Erdogan Calls Snap Election for June; Lira, Stocks Rally - Bloomberg
11/27/15
Turkey - Freedom of the Press - Turkey detains journalists who allege army lorries carried weapons for ISIS
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| Recep Tayip Erdogan dragging Turkey into the abyss |
The paper has seen its Editor-in-chief and Ankara correspondent arrested and charged with espionage and treason on Thursday for daring to accuse Turkey of doing business with ISIL.
Both men say they have only done their jobs and deny their reporting is helping enemies of Turkey.
“As you know, an investigation has been launched into our reports on intelligence agency MIT trucks carrying weapons. The plaintiff is President Tayyip Erdogan himself.
We came here to defend journalism. We came here to defend people’s right to be informed, their right to learn the truth if the government is lying,” said Can Dündar, the senior of the two men.
“If the country is under a certain threat or in danger, a journalist has to report it,” said Erdem Gül.
Both men were placed in custody after their declarations. Turkey is currently rated near the bottom of global tables for press freedom and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the author of the lorry story “will pay a heavy price”.
Read more: Turkey detains journalists who allege army lorries carried weapons for ISIL | euronews, world news
7/31/15
China: Winter Olympics: Beijing Wins Bid to Host 2022 Games - by Cassandra Vinograd
Beijing won its bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics on Friday, making it the first city to be awarded both a summer and winter games.
Beijing narrowly beat out Almaty, earning 44 votes compared to the city in Kazakhstan's 40. Oslo was initially named a finalist, but its Olympic bid was withdrawn after the Norwegian government voted against financially supporting it.
In winning its bid to host the winter games, Beijing managed to overcome questions over a potential lack of natural snow and concerns over the distance between proposed venues. The 2022 competitions will be spread across three clusters over 100 miles.
Ahead of the IOC vote, both the Almaty and Bejing bids had drawn criticism from human-rights groups.
Human Rights Watch has cited violence and discrimination that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people face in Kazakhstan, according to the AP, while activists say China's human-rights record worsened rather than improved after the 2008 Olympics.
Read More: Winter Olympics: Beijing Wins Bid to Host 2022 Games - NBC News
Beijing narrowly beat out Almaty, earning 44 votes compared to the city in Kazakhstan's 40. Oslo was initially named a finalist, but its Olympic bid was withdrawn after the Norwegian government voted against financially supporting it.
In winning its bid to host the winter games, Beijing managed to overcome questions over a potential lack of natural snow and concerns over the distance between proposed venues. The 2022 competitions will be spread across three clusters over 100 miles.
Ahead of the IOC vote, both the Almaty and Bejing bids had drawn criticism from human-rights groups.
Human Rights Watch has cited violence and discrimination that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people face in Kazakhstan, according to the AP, while activists say China's human-rights record worsened rather than improved after the 2008 Olympics.
Read More: Winter Olympics: Beijing Wins Bid to Host 2022 Games - NBC News
7/30/14
Middle East: Gaza Conflict Israeli Massacre in Gaza and the Fallacy of Human Rights
The universal declaration of human
rights repeatedly stresses that all people around the world have the
right to live regardless of their race, language, and religion. But what
is happening in Gaza tells another story.
It tells the story of
powerful countries repeatedly playing on the notion of human rights to
serve their political and economic greed; ironically, these are the very
countries who violate what this notion stands for. Media coverage
attests to this since viewers watch as the death toll of children,
women, elderly people, and even the handicapped rises daily; civilians
killed in an unfair and unequal war with no action on behalf of those
who can stop it.
War on Gaza has become an international
matter. The world has witnessed countless demonstrations supporting the
Palestinians’ right for defense, denouncing Israeli terrorism, and
urging their government to take real and strong actions. This puts the
Israeli government in an embarrassing situation given the fact that even
non-Muslims are denouncing its disregard and contempt for human rights.
Arabs also have shown sympathy for and
solidarity with Palestinians and have expressed their anger by
protesting Israeli crimes and calling for an immediate ceasefire. They
have strongly criticized the siege of Gaza and demanded that it be
lifted to allow entrance of supplies to the injured.
The Israeli government’s response to the world’s worries was that “war on terrorism will not stop until terrorism has been uprooted.” This trick has been exploited by Israel to deceive its citizens, as well as the so-called international community.
Read more: Israeli Massacre in Gaza and the Fallacy of Human Rights | Morocco World News
7/27/13
Netherlands: Multi-National Corporations in the Netherlands accused of human rights violations - by Alexandra Gowling
Amsterdam-based non-profit research company SOMO has released a report that claims that the Netherlands is home to companies involved in human rights violations.
The report investigated large multinational companies in the resource industry that have a subsidiary in the Netherlands.
It claims that of the eight companies it investigated, all were involved in human rights violations abroad, including environmental pollution in populated areas, militia violence, displacement and murder.
It also claims that the Dutch government so far has been unsuccessful in fully regulating these companies.
The Dutch government’s recently released policy statement on corporate social responsibility (CSR), states that CSR is no longer non-committal, while still emphasizing its voluntary nature and the importance of corporate self-regulation. Yet, according to the report, this is an insufficient response as there are no "effective measures" against violations.
The companies investigated are not strictly Dutch companies, but are what the report calls “mailbox” companies with only a small operation in the Netherlands that allows them to pay tax here, rather than in the source countries where the tax rates would be higher.
The report goes further, stating that the Netherlands play a crucial role in global tax avoidance. The company calculated that 28 developing countries lose at least 771 million euros annually in tax income on interest and dividend payments only as a result of Dutch tax treaties.
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The report investigated large multinational companies in the resource industry that have a subsidiary in the Netherlands.
It claims that of the eight companies it investigated, all were involved in human rights violations abroad, including environmental pollution in populated areas, militia violence, displacement and murder.
It also claims that the Dutch government so far has been unsuccessful in fully regulating these companies.
The Dutch government’s recently released policy statement on corporate social responsibility (CSR), states that CSR is no longer non-committal, while still emphasizing its voluntary nature and the importance of corporate self-regulation. Yet, according to the report, this is an insufficient response as there are no "effective measures" against violations.
The companies investigated are not strictly Dutch companies, but are what the report calls “mailbox” companies with only a small operation in the Netherlands that allows them to pay tax here, rather than in the source countries where the tax rates would be higher.
The report goes further, stating that the Netherlands play a crucial role in global tax avoidance. The company calculated that 28 developing countries lose at least 771 million euros annually in tax income on interest and dividend payments only as a result of Dutch tax treaties.
For a copy of the report and an executive summary click here.
EU-Digest
10/9/12
Uzbekistan: Arrest of Human Rights Defender Gulshan Karaeva
Human rights defenders in Uzbekistan need to know their government will enforce their right to operate without fear of reprisals and free of all restrictions and reprisals, including judicial harassment.
These charges are based on allegations by two women who Gulshan Karaeva suspects of working for the National Security Service (SNB).
Read more: Uzbekistan: Arrest of Human Rights Defender Gulshan Karaeva - Salem-News.Com
At this point, the very opposite is still taking place and it is taking a toll on human rights defender Ms Gulshan Karaeva, who was arrested in her home in Qarshi in late September and taken to a local police station where she was informed of charges brought against her.
It is the latest example of what appears to be a clear case of government retaliation and it is ongoing. Gulshan Karaeva has previously been the subject of threats and intimidation; her dog has been poisoned, she has been physically attacked.
Gulshan is the Chairperson of the Kashkadarya regional branch of the Human Rights Society of Uzbekistan (HRSU). She was charged under two articles of the Criminal Code: article 139, “Slander”, and article 140, “Insult”.
Read more: Uzbekistan: Arrest of Human Rights Defender Gulshan Karaeva - Salem-News.Com
9/10/12
Europe human rights body urges Ukraine to conduct free parliamentary vote - by Maria Danilova
Europe's top human rights watchdog urged Ukrainian authorities Monday to conduct a free and fair parliamentary election next month, but warned that the imprisonment of Ukraine's top opposition leader bodes ill for the country.
The Oct. 28 election has already been tainted by the jailing of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on abuse-of-office charges that the West condemns as politically motivated. Tymoshenko, who was sentenced to seven on charges of overstepping her authority when negotiating a 2009 gas deal with Russia, has accused President Viktor Yanukovych of throwing her
in jail to bar her from the vote.
Council of Europe Secretary-General Thorbjorn Jagland condemned her imprisonment, but said the election must still take place and be honest.
The Oct. 28 election has already been tainted by the jailing of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on abuse-of-office charges that the West condemns as politically motivated. Tymoshenko, who was sentenced to seven on charges of overstepping her authority when negotiating a 2009 gas deal with Russia, has accused President Viktor Yanukovych of throwing her
in jail to bar her from the vote.
Council of Europe Secretary-General Thorbjorn Jagland condemned her imprisonment, but said the election must still take place and be honest.
7/23/12
Saudi Arabia: Shiite cleric calls for calm after protesters clash with Saudi force
Saudi Arabia has promised harsh retribution after 11 members of the security forces were attacked and injured during unrest in an eastern Shiite villag in Saudi Arabia.
Saudi security forces were fired at from side streets after they stopped a small demonstration in Awwamiya, the interior ministry spokesman, Maj Gen Mansour Al Turki, said. "It wasn't a confrontation between the police and the people," he said. "I don't expect this to be repeated. It was an isolated incident."
Saudi's interior ministry blamed the unrest on a "foreign country", according to a statement released by the kingdom's official news agency. Shiite activists in Gulf countries are regularly accused of having links with their co-religionists in rival Iran.
Tension in the village grew on Monday when Saudi police arrested two men, both in their 70s, in a bid to force their sons, accused of taking part in Shiite-led protests, to surrender, an activist said.
Forbes magazine recently wrote about Saudi Arabia: " Saudi Arabia, despite it’s recent embrace of the cause of democracy and freedom in Syria, is and has been for the past 80 odd years one of the most violently repressive and backwards societies in the world: an absolute dictatorship replete with “morality police” and various other kinds of religious totalitarians.* Saudi Arabia not only violently represses and persecutes its small Shiite minority**, it militarily intervened in neighboring Bahrain to help that country’s authoritarian political elite viciously and cruelly repress a popular uprising by the majority Shiites."
Read more: Shiite cleric calls for calm after protesters clash with Saudi force - The National
Saudi security forces were fired at from side streets after they stopped a small demonstration in Awwamiya, the interior ministry spokesman, Maj Gen Mansour Al Turki, said. "It wasn't a confrontation between the police and the people," he said. "I don't expect this to be repeated. It was an isolated incident."
Saudi's interior ministry blamed the unrest on a "foreign country", according to a statement released by the kingdom's official news agency. Shiite activists in Gulf countries are regularly accused of having links with their co-religionists in rival Iran.
Tension in the village grew on Monday when Saudi police arrested two men, both in their 70s, in a bid to force their sons, accused of taking part in Shiite-led protests, to surrender, an activist said.
Forbes magazine recently wrote about Saudi Arabia: " Saudi Arabia, despite it’s recent embrace of the cause of democracy and freedom in Syria, is and has been for the past 80 odd years one of the most violently repressive and backwards societies in the world: an absolute dictatorship replete with “morality police” and various other kinds of religious totalitarians.* Saudi Arabia not only violently represses and persecutes its small Shiite minority**, it militarily intervened in neighboring Bahrain to help that country’s authoritarian political elite viciously and cruelly repress a popular uprising by the majority Shiites."
Read more: Shiite cleric calls for calm after protesters clash with Saudi force - The National
4/4/12
The Netherlands: Dutch urge Suriname not to grant president amnesty
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| Desi Bouterse following 1980 coup |
Lawmakers in Suriname were set to debate a proposed amnesty law Tuesday that would shield Bouterse and 24 associates from prosecution for alleged crimes—including abducting and killing political opponents—carried out in the 1980s.
Bouterse seized power in a 1980 coup. Under international pressure, he allowed the return of civilian rule in 1987 only to launch a second coup in 1990. He stepped down as military chief in 1992, but has remained a powerful force in the nation of 500,000 with lawmakers electing him president in 2010.
Dutch Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal said in a statement Tuesday that Suriname is obliged by international treaties to "investigate human rights violations and prosecute the perpetrators."
Amnesty International also recently urged Suriname's parliament to reject the bill that would absolve Bouterse for the so-called December killings. The group said the legal proceedings against the president and his associates, which began in November 2007 and have been repeatedly delayed, should be allowed to run their course.
Rosenthal said Surinamese victims "have the right to see the trial proceed. If a court finds the suspects guilty, they should not be allowed to avoid their punishment."
Bouterse was already convicted in absentia of drug trafficking in the Netherlands in 1999, but avoided the 11-year sentence because Suriname does not have an extradition treaty with its former colonial ruler
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8/29/11
Libya: Evidence Suggests Gaddafi Khamis Brigade Killed 45 Detainees
Members of the Khamis Brigade, a powerful Gaddafi military force run by Muammar Gaddafi’s son Khamis, appear to have summarily executed detainees in a warehouse near Tripoli on August 23, 2011, Human Rights Watch said today. Within three days the same warehouse was set on fire but the cause is unknown, Human Rights Watch said.
Human Rights Watch inspected the charred skeletal remains of approximately 45 bodies, still smoldering, on August 27. The remains were spread throughout a warehouse in the Khalida Ferjan neighborhood in Salahaddin, south of Tripoli, adjoining the Yarmouk Military Base. At least two additional corpses were seen lying outside, unburned.
“Sadly this is not the first gruesome report of what appears to be the summary execution of detainees in the final days of the Gaddafi government’s control of Tripoli,” said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch. “These merciless murders took place in the midst of Ramadan and those responsible should be brought to justice and punished.”
For more: Libya: Evidence Suggests Khamis Brigade Killed 45 Detainees - Politics - iloubnan.info
Human Rights Watch inspected the charred skeletal remains of approximately 45 bodies, still smoldering, on August 27. The remains were spread throughout a warehouse in the Khalida Ferjan neighborhood in Salahaddin, south of Tripoli, adjoining the Yarmouk Military Base. At least two additional corpses were seen lying outside, unburned.
“Sadly this is not the first gruesome report of what appears to be the summary execution of detainees in the final days of the Gaddafi government’s control of Tripoli,” said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch. “These merciless murders took place in the midst of Ramadan and those responsible should be brought to justice and punished.”
For more: Libya: Evidence Suggests Khamis Brigade Killed 45 Detainees - Politics - iloubnan.info
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