The NGO has documented the cases of 30 people, including bloggers, political activists, lawyers and supporters of the rebels
Amnesty International (AI) denounced today that many people have been detained and disappeared at the hands of forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi since he began the demonstrations against the regime, even before the protests resulted in an armed revolt. The NGO has documented the cases of 30 people who have disappeared since the protests began against the regime in mid-February. It is bloggers, political activists, suspected insurgents and suspected supporters of armed opposition.
"The feeling is that there is a systematic policy to detain all suspected opponents of Colonel Qaddafi, who are imprisoned in solitary confinement and move their strongholds in western Libya," denounced the director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International, Malcolm Smart. "Given the circumstances of enforced disappearance, there is reason to believe that these individuals are at serious risk of torture and ill-treatment, "he added." Colonel Gaddafi must stop this outrageous campaign and ordered his forces to be subject to international law, "said Smart. disappearances, according to the organization, began even before the protests against Gaddafi to become an armed rebellion.
Amnesty has documented numerous cases of people, including children, were last seen on 20 February and before. This is the case of Atef Abd al Qader al-Atrash, a prominent blogger and father of two who was last seen on 17 February while participating in a demonstration in Benghazi. A relative told Amnesty that after his disappearance, had repeatedly called the mobile phone of Al Atrash, to no avail, until one of those calls took by one person with an accent of western Libya, he replied: " This is what happens to throw stones at us. "
is also among the missing teen, lawyers, a journalist and an army colonel who had denounced human rights violations. Some have been detained at home in front of their families, and others have lost track in recent weeks.
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