Rights Group: 50 Detained in East Libya After Prison Escape

Rights Group: 50 Detained in East Libya After Prison Escape
The location of Derna, Libya, is shown in red on a map. Google Maps/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
Reuters
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Libya’s east-based army rounded up at least 50 people in a coastal city following a prison escape earlier this year, a rights group said Tuesday.

Human Rights Watch said in a statement that an armed group affiliated with the self-styled Libyan Arab Armed Forces launched the crackdown after five prisoners escaped from a prison in the city of Derna on Jan. 16.