Libya: Both sides in Libya conflict must protect detainees from torture

The call followed reports from Amnesty International's delegation in Libya on Tuesday, which has gathered powerful testimonies from survivors of abuse at the hands of both pro-Gaddafi soldiers and rebel forces, in and around the town of Az-Zawiya. [...] They vowed to uphold the rights of the detainees to be treated with dignity and afforded fair trials. [...] He said that he was driven to a military camp in Az-Zawiya, where he was handed a Kalashnikov rifle that he did not know how to use. [...] I fell on the ground, and they continued beating me with the back of their rifles all over my body and face. [...] In detention, sometimes they still beat us and insult us, calling us killers." A member of the al-Gaddafi security forces, told Amnesty International how he was apprehended by a group of armed men near Az-Zawiya around 19 August as he was bringing supplies to pro-Gaddafi forces.