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Wednesday 24 Dec 2014 - 13:44 Makkah mean time-2-3-1436  New York (IINA) - Libyan civilians have been subjected to targeted killings, forced displacement and acute humanitarian conditions amid an escalation in fighting in the North African country, a new United Nations human rights report has warned.
According to the report, released on Tuesday and jointly produced by the UN Human Rights Office and the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), civilians caught in the fighting have been subjected to indiscriminate shelling, abduction, torture and execution as well as deliberate destruction of property as factional violence ripples across the country.
The report noted that fighting in the neighbouring Nafusa mountains left 170 people dead. In addition to the casualties, the fighting has also caused a humanitarian crisis with at least 120,000 people forced to flee their homes, resulting in consequent shortages in both food and medical supplies.
In a press release accompanying the report’s publication, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein warned all parties involved in the violence that they remained responsible for any human rights violations committed during the fighting.
Meanwhile, in New York, the Security Council expressed grave concern about the serious deterioration on the security situation and the continuing fighting in Libya, after hearing a briefing.
Speaking to reporters following the closed-door session, Ambassador Mahamat Zene Cherif of Chad, which holds the Council’s rotating presidency for December, said the inflow of unregulated weaponry into the country was also of concern to the 15-member body, as it was contributing to the crisis despite the arms embargo.
The Council called on all Libyan stakeholders to accept an immediate ceasefire and engage in the dialogue process.
SM/IINA
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