UN Mission Finds New Mass Graves In Libya

A United Nations mission to Libya on Monday said there are probable mass graves yet to be investigated, possibly as many as 100, in a town where hundreds of bodies have already been found in Libya.

The Daily Sabah added the report which is to be submitted to the U.N. Human Rights Council this week details how a militia run by seven brothers executed and imprisoned hundreds of people between 2016 to 2020.

The evidence of kidnappings, murder and torture, uncovered by the independent Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) represents one of the most egregious examples of rights abuses in the turbulent period since Moammar Gadhafi's ousting in 2011.

Libyan authorities have already recovered 247 bodies in mass and individual grave sites in the Tarhuna area in Western Libya. This is as many were still handcuffed and blindfolded.

The report said; "According to insider knowledge, there might still be up to 100 as of yet undiscovered mass graves.”

In its conclusions, the Fact-Finding Mission calls on Libyan authorities to continue searching for the graves. It also urges them to establish a special tribunal to prosecute international crimes.