Rights group: Libyan ex-envoy dies after arrest

CAIRO (AP) ? Human Rights Watch says that a Moammar Gadhafi-era diplomat appears to have died under torture after his arrest by a Libyan militia, the latest in a series of reported abuses by former rebels who overthrew the dictator last year.

The New York-based group said Friday that 62 year-old Omar Brebesh, who served as ambassador to France, died less than 24 hours after his arrest in Tripoli on Jan. 19 by a militia from the western Libyan town of Zintan.

The group says that photographs of Brebesh's body provided by the family show extensive bruising and other wounds.

It says that a Zintan prosecutor had reportedly opened an investigation into the death.

Rights workers say that abuses including torture, executions, and rape take place in makeshift prisons run by former rebels.

Associated Press

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