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Tuesday, 16 June_Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Libya’s renegade general Khalifa Haftar to investigate war crimes perpetrated by the rebel forces under his command after reports emerged of the discovery of several mass graves in the North African country.
The New York-based watchdog made the plea on Tuesday after Libyan government forces had unearthed eight mass graves, most of them in and around the strategic town of Tarhuna in the southeast of the capital, Tripoli.
The town served as the main launchpad for Haftar and his self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA)'s 14-month offensive to seize Tripoli.
The HRW also pointed to a video footage posted on social media last month that showed executions as well as desecration of corpses by militias and rebel forces under Haftar’s command in Tarhuna, which was recaptured by Libyan government forces earlier this month.
"Haftar needs to urgently hold his forces accountable for any war crimes they are committing and apparently advertising online," HRW's senior Libya researcher Hanan Salah said.
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