AI blasts EU, Libya for 'horrific violations'

By Agence France-Presse

Jul 16, 2021 12:53 am

PARIS: Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday condemned the 'horrific violations' being committed against migrants returned to Libya with the cooperation of European states after trying to cross the Mediterranean.

It said new evidence had emerged of 'harrowing violations, including sexual violence, against men, women and children' intercepted at sea and forcibly returned to detention centers in the North African country.

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