Human Rights Watch called on Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar on Tuesday to investigate alleged war crimes by his fighters after the discovery of mass graves in territory formerly under their control. "Haftar needs to urgently hold his forces accountable for any war crimes they are committing and apparently advertising online," HRW's senior Libya researcher Hanan Salah said. "Senior LAAF leadership has ignored these crimes, but they should be held accountable by domestic and international courts for complicity in abuses." It is not the first time that Haftar's loyalists have faced allegations of war crimes. The GNA controls the west, including the capital Tripoli, while Haftar's LAAF holds the east and some of the far-flung oases and oilfields that dot the south.

Source: Libya Today June 16, 2020 09:33 UTC