GNA-affiliated militias massacre families while UN Support Mission in Libya ignores abuses 07-08 through 07-10-2020

3 women were killed by the Fakar family, 7 houses of the same family were burned in the Janzour area of Tripoli, and dozens of members the same family were killed by the GNA militias after being accused of loyalty to LNA. Such incidents are becoming more frequent. The UN Support Mission in Libya has thus far taken no action to put pressure on the GNA to investigate these murders and to take measures to prevent future massacres.

A father, mother, and their six children were murdered in another such incident on 07/10/2020.

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