At least 22 people have been sentenced to death by military courts in eastern Libya since 2018, in what Amnesty International described as “shame, torture-tainted” trials aimed at stifling dissent in the war-torn country.
The international rights watchdog on Monday said military courts “convicted hundreds of civilians in eastern Libya in secret and grossly unfair military trials”.
The trials were “aimed at punishing real or perceived opponents and critics” of forces loyal to eastern-based renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar.
Those convicted include journalists, peaceful protesters and individuals who criticised Haftar’s forces on social media.
Oil-rich Libya has been torn by conflict since the toppling and killing of longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi in a NATO-backed uprising a decade ago.
The country then split between two rival administrations: the UN-recognised government based in Tripoli, and its rival in the east, loyal to Haftar.
Source: aljazeera.com
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