"We are also deeply concerned about reports that there are still thousands of people unaccounted for who were arrested or taken prisoner by Gaddafi security forces either earlier in the conflict, or before it even started," said a spokesperson for OHCHR.

For some in Libya, history is simply repeating itself. In the summer of 1996, stories began to filter out of the country about a mass killing in Tripoli's Abu Salim prison. Human Rights Watch (HRW) said that according to Libyan groups outside the country, up to 1,200 prisoners had died. The details were sketchy, however. HRW said the government initially denied that an incident had taken place. Only years later did Col Gaddafi acknowledge that there had been killings at Abu Salim.

The fate of those imprisoned 15 years ago will surely have been on the minds of the Libyans who have disappeared since the current conflict began in February this year.

In the main square in rebel-held Benghazi, families have posted up hundreds of photographs of the missing. It is assumed that many of them had been held in prisons and detention centres by pro-Gaddafi forces.

Human rights groups are now struggling to gather information about what has happened over the past few weeks. It is proving difficult to gauge the scale of the human rights abuses.


People were horrified to discover dozens of charred bodies on the weekend
HRW believes that at least 100 detainees have been killed. In the worst atrocity discovered so far, the charred skeletal remains of 45 bodies, still smouldering, were found in a warehouse in the Khalida Ferjan neighbourhood in Salahaddin, south of Tripoli. It is believed that those responsible were members of the Khamis Brigade, the military force that was run by one of Colonel Gaddafi's sons, Khamis.

Sure Gaddafi was a social policy genius.

I posted an email I received from Libya a cpl of weeks ago earlier in this thread and commented that no way could the comments in that email have been sent while Gaddafi was in power. That fear was the reality of his regime and the secret to his longevity - not his bloody genius! For all of our complaining about our governments I don't think I know anyone personally who has 'disappeared' because they dare criticise David Cameron.

Originally posted by ludwigvonmises003
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and that news bs comes from the fascist corporate media of your banker masters .I guess you must be remembering the days of Der Sturmer of your beloved Hitler and Goebbels.After all western media follows the same strategies

Originally posted by DangerDeath

Originally posted by ludwigvonmises003
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and that news bs comes from the fascist corporate media of your banker masters .I guess you must be remembering the days of Der Sturmer of your beloved Hitler and Goebbels.After all western media follows the same strategies

Totally true. They never fret.