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The United Nations said it has documented numerous human rights violations in the Libyan city of Tarhuna, where it alleged that the Kaniyat militia killed, sexually abused, kidnapped, tortured and forcibly displaced people between 2013 and 2022. The UN is now demanding accountability. A report by the Human Rights Service of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) found that the Kaniyat group, which emerged in 2011, “exercised brutal control over Tarhuna.” Tarhuna is located about 90 kilometres south-east of Tripoli and, according to the UN, is home to about 150,000 people. “Years have passed …

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