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Libyan NGO calls for probe into Haftar's crimes during offensive

by Anadolu Agency

TRIPOLI Oct 17, 2021 - 11:54 am GMT+3
Families of victims hold signs as they demand justice for their missing ones and those found in mass graves, in Tarhuna, Libya, Oct. 9, 2021. (Reuters Photo)
Families of victims hold signs as they demand justice for their missing ones and those found in mass graves, in Tarhuna, Libya, Oct. 9, 2021. (Reuters Photo)
by Anadolu Agency Oct 17, 2021 11:54 am
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A local Libyan NGO has called for prosecuting the militias of warlord putschist Gen. Khalifa Haftar for the crimes they committed during their military offensive on the capital, Tripoli, in 2019.

In a video appeal, Kamal al-Jamal, the head of the Association of the Families of the Martyrs of Volcano of Anger, urged the families "to hurry the judicial and executive authorities to initiate a public lawsuit" against Haftar's militias.

Haftar's militias, with the support of Arab and European countries, launched a military offensive on April 4, 2019, to retake Tripoli. However, the legitimate government was able, with Turkish security assistance, to foil Haftar's attempts.

Hundreds of Libyan soldiers and civilians were killed or injured in Haftar's assault, which also left a vast trail of destruction.

"Justice will not be realized unless the perpetrators are truly held accountable by the judicial authorities," al-Jamal said, noting that complaints submitted to the public prosecutor have so far been "neglected and placed in the drawers."

Established in August 2020, the association's main objective is to support the families of Libyan soldiers and civilians who lost their lives to wars. A total of 2,180 families are registered in the association.

On Thursday, 55 Libyan lawmakers criticized the "international silence" over the mass graves unearthed from time to time in the city of Tarhuna, south of Tripoli.

According to official Libyan sources, Haftar's forces and affiliated militias committed war crimes and acts of genocide between April 2019 and June 2020.

Since June last year, following the defeat of Haftar's forces in the western areas of Libya, the Libyan government has discovered around 300 bodies in mass graves in Tarhuna and south of Tripoli.

Libya has been torn by civil war since the overthrow and killing of longtime ruler Moammar Gadhafi in 2011.

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