Evidence of mass murder after Gaddafi's death Al Jazeera 17 October, 2012 A new report suggests anti-Gaddafi militias carried

out massacres during Lib an conflict !ew e"idence implicates Lib an militias in an apparent e#ecution of dozens of detainees in rebel custod following t$e capture and deat$ of %uammar Gaddafi last ear, a watc$dog $as said& 'n a report released on (ednesda detailing Gaddafi)s final $ours on October 20, 2011, *uman +ig$ts (atc$ said it $ad gat$ered e"idence t$at %israta-based militias captured and disarmed members of t$e dictator)s con"o and sub,ected t$em to brutal beatings& -lic. $ere for more of Al Jazeera)s special co"erage /0$e e"idence suggests t$at opposition militias summaril e#ecuted at least 11 captured members of Gaddafi)s con"o in 2irte,/ $is $ome town, 3eter 4ouc.aert, emergencies director at *uman +ig$ts (atc$ 5*+(6, said on (ednesda & /'t also loo.s as if t$e too. %utassim Gaddafi, w$o $ad been wounded, to 7t$e port cit of8 %israta and .illed $im t$ere,/ $e said of Gaddafi)s son& /Our findings call into 9uestion t$e assertion b Lib an aut$orities t$at %uammar Gaddafi was .illed in crossfire, and not after $is capture,/ 4ouc.aert said of a *uman +ig$ts (atc$ report documenting t$e e#ecutions& 0$e :0-page report, /;eat$ of a ;ictator< 4lood =engeance in 2irte,/ also details t$e final $ours of Gaddafi)s life and t$e circumstances under w$ic$ $e was .illed on t$e basis of witness testimon and mobile p$one footage& *+( said its e"idence suggested t$at %israta-based militias captured and disarmed members of Gaddafi)s con"o and, after bringing t$em under control, sub,ected t$em to brutal beatings& /0$e t$en e#ecuted at least 11 captured members of t$e con"o at t$e nearb %a$ari *otel,/ said t$e report, adding t$at some still $ad t$eir $ands bound be$ind t$eir bac.s& )Largest documented e#ecution) *+( said it collected mobile p$one "ideo clips ta.en b anti-Gaddafi fig$ters t$at s$owed a large group of captured con"o members being cursed and abused& 0$e watc$dog added t$at it used $ospital mortuar p$otos /to establis$ t$at at least 17 of t$e detainees "isible in t$e p$one "ideo were later e#ecuted at t$e %a$ari *otel&/ 0o document w$at $appened on October 20, 2011, *+( said it $ad inter"iewed officers in opposition militias w$o were at t$e scene and sur"i"ing members of t$e Gaddafi con"o in $ospital, in custod or at $ome& -ontro"ers still pre"ails about t$e circumstances around w$ic$ Gaddafi was .illed on 20 October 2011 7>3A8 /0$ese .illings constitute t$e largest documented e#ecution of detainees b anti-Gaddafi forces during t$e eig$t-mont$ conflict in Lib a,/ t$e report said& 0$e watc$dog stressed t$at e"idence regarding t$e deat$s of %uammar and %utassim Gaddafi also calls into 9uestion t$e official account gi"en b t$e Lib an aut$orities, w$ic$ said t$e two /died during fierce crossfire&/

=ideo footage s$ows t$at Gaddafi was captured ali"e but bleeding $ea"il from a $ead wound& 'n t$e footage, $e is se"erel beaten b rebels and appears to be stabbed wit$ a ba onet in $is buttoc.s& /*e appears lifeless/ b t$e time $e is filmed being loaded into an ambulance $alf-na.ed, t$e organisation said& On t$e basis of separate footage, t$e watc$dog said %utassim was caug$t ali"e and ta.en to %israta w$ere $e was seen smo.ing and $a"ing a /$ostile con"ersation/ wit$ $is captors& /4 t$e e"ening, $is dead bod , wit$ a new wound on $is t$roat t$at was not "isible in t$e prior "ideo footage, was being publicl displa ed in %israta,/ w$ic$ $ad suffered a brutal siege b Gaddafi)s forces, t$e organisation said& !o in9uir *+( said it presented its findings to transitional officials immediatel after t$e .illings and $ad repeatedl urged t$e new aut$orities to carr out a full in"estigation into t$ese .illings w$ic$ amounted to a war crime& 't added t$at it $ad not seen /an e"idence/ of an in9uir under wa & /'n case after case we in"estigated, t$e indi"iduals $ad been "ideotaped ali"e b t$e opposition fig$ters w$o $eld t$em, and t$en found dead $ours later,/ 4ouc.aert said& /One of Lib a)s greatest c$allenges is to bring its well-armed militias under control and end t$eir abuses& /A good first step would be to in"estigate t$e mass e#ecutions of October 20, 2011, t$e most serious abuse b opposition forces documented so far,/ 4ouc.aert said& 0$e *+( report comes wee.s after news reports suggested t$at an agent for t$e ?renc$ secret ser"ices, acting under t$e orders of !icolas 2ar.oz , t$e former president, $ad assassinated Gaddafi& @ Al Jazeera, 2012