By Peter Jeary, NBC NewsNew evidence implicates Libyan militia in the apparent execution of dozens of detainees in the immediate wake of Moammar Gadhafi’s capture and death last year, according to Human Rights Watch.
In a 50-page report issued Wednesday, the New York-based organization said at least 66 members of Gadhafi’s convoy were captured and ‘summarily executed’ by militia based in Misrata.
By comparing mobile phone video taken by the opposition militia members with hospital morgue photographs, HRW have identified numerous detainees who were captured in Sirte and later executed at the town’s Mahari Hotel.Slideshow: Conflict in Libya (http://msnbc.msn.com/id/46412701/displaymode/1247/?wbSlideShowId=46412701&wbSection=news)(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Slideshows/_production/_archive/News/_International%20News/Middle%20East/ss-110303-libya-tabbed/ss-120216-LIBYA-BEST-OF/ss-120216-libya-best-TEASE.photoblog600.jpg) (http://msnbc.msn.com/id/46412701/displaymode/1247/?wbSlideShowId=46412701&wbSection=news)Goran Tomasevic / REUTERSAn uprising in Libya ousts dictator Moammar Gadhafi.Launch slideshow
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