Among other human rights abuses in captured towns
(NEWSER) - Libyan rebels have committed a host of human rights abuses in four towns they’ve captured, including beating suspected Gadhafi loyalists, burning their homes, and looting businesses and at least two medical centers, Human Rights Watch said today. These reprisals have driven people from their homes, leaving three of the towns in question—Qawalish, Awaniya, and Zawiyat al-Bagul—essentially deserted. A regional commander tells the New York Times such violence isn’t sanctioned, but that same commander acknowledged and defended the abuses to Human Rights Watch. More»
