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Libya's detention centres accused of torturing migrants and refugees - EU should withhold financial assistance until abuses stop, says Human Rights Watch after hearing detainees' claims of beatings

23 June 2014

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"Up to 6,000 people are detained in severely overcrowded conditions with dire sanitation in Libya, according to the preliminary findings of a HRW's investigation conducted in April. Most have been intercepted by Libya's coastguard as they attempt to cross the Mediterranean in order to reach Europe or have been picked up by the authorities after entering the country illegally."

See the article: Libya's detention centres accused of torturing migrants and refugees - EU should withhold financial assistance until abuses stop, says Human Rights Watch after hearing detainees' claims of beatings (Guardian, link)

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