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| Title | Human Rights Watch: Ex-Libya official dies after torture |
| Publisher | Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |
| Country | Libya |
| Publication Date | 3 February 2012 |
| Cite as | Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Human Rights Watch: Ex-Libya official dies after torture, 3 February 2012, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/4f3bc754c.html [accessed 3 June 2012] |
| Disclaimer | This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States. |
Human Rights Watch: Ex-Libya official dies after torture
February 03, 2012
Human Rights Watch (HRW) says a Libyan diplomat who served under slain ruler Muammar Qaddafi appears to have died under torture after his arrest by an anti-Qaddafi militia.
The U.S.-based group says Omar Brebesh, 62, who had served as Qaddafi's ambassador to France, died less than 24 hours after his arrest in Tripoli on January 19.
It says he had been detained by a militia from the western Libyan town of Zintan.
The rights group says it "read a report by the judicial police in Tripoli, which said that Brebesh had died from torture and that an unnamed suspect had confessed to killing him."
The death is the latest in a series of reported abuses by the former rebels who overthrew Qaddafi last year.
Compiled from agency reports
Link to original story on RFE/RL website
Topics: Torture, Torture,
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