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        Militias Accused of Beating, Executing Detained Gadhafi Fighters

   by VOA News

   Human Rights Watch says it has new evidence indicating that forces
   opposed to Moammar Gadhafi beat and executed dozens of his supporters
   after the ousted leader's capture and death last year.
   Gadhafi died on October 20, 2011, after his convoy of supporters trying
   to flee the city of Sirte was hit by an airstrike and attacked by
   militia members.
   The report issued Wednesday says militias subjected detainees from
   Gadhafi's convoy to brutal beatings and later executed 66 of them at a
   nearby hotel.
   It cites cellphone video showing a large group of detainees being
   cursed at and abused.  Human Rights Watch says it used the video and
   hospital morgue photos to link at least 17 detainees to the bodies
   found at the hotel.
   The group says its findings also call into question the conclusion of
   Libyan officials that Gadhafi was killed in crossfire between loyalist
   fighters and provisional government forces.  It says Gadhafi and his
   son Mutassim were alive in video taken after their capture, and later
   found dead.
   Human Rights Watch raised questions about the circumstances of
   Gadhafi's death last October and called on Libyan authorities to
   investigate a possible mass execution of his supporters during the
   battle for Sirte.  The group said Wednesday that it has seen no
   evidence that an inquiry is under way or has been carried out.
   The new report is based on videos taken by opposition forces and
   interviews with surviving members of Gadhafi's convoy.
   Libya's new government has been trying to gain control of militias,
   which have grown stronger since Gadhafi's fall.  National Assembly
   President Mohammed el-Magarief vowed last month to dissolve all
   militias and military camps operating outside the control of the
   government.
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