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Rights group: Libya militias used machine guns on protesters

by Associated Press
| September 10, 2020 2:27 AM

CAIRO (AP) — A prominent human rights organization on Thursday accused Libyan armed groups linked to the Tripoli-based government of using heavy weapons to disperse anti-corruption rallies last month in the capital and of detaining, torturing and forcibly disappearing protesters.

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