Amnesty slams Libya and Europe over ‘horrific’ abuse of migrants
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The Amnesty report reveals ‘harrowing violations’ of detained migrants returned to Libya with the complicity of European states.
Amnesty International has condemned the “horrific violations” being committed against migrants returned to Libya with the cooperation of European states after trying to cross the Mediterranean. The rights group said on Thursday that new evidence had emerged of “harrowing violations, including sexual violence, against men, women and children” intercepted at sea and forcibly returned to detention centres in the North African country. Amnesty, in a 50-page report (PDF), condemned “the ongoing complicity of European states” for cooperating with the authorities in war-torn Libya.
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