Authorities in Libya’s Tarhuna are planning to reactivate a criminal case regarding mass graves found in the northwestern town last year and bring perpetrators to justice. Mass graves were initially discovered in Tarhuna in June 2020 following the withdrawal of forces of Khalifa Haftar, an eastern Libya-based military chief who had spent a year trying to seize the capital Tripoli. More bodies were uncovered the following months, bringing the total number to 200. The farming town was controlled for years by the Kaniyat militia, run by six brothers – allied to Haftar – who imposed their dominanc…

Read More