Today marks the 1 year anniversary of the uprising that started in Benghazi Libya, and that lead to the deposition of Muammar el-Gaddafi, Libya's strong man of some 42years. Today also marks 24 hours since the release of a 45 page report by Amnesty international, accusing Libya's militiamen of broad human rights abuses against those they suspect of being sympathetic to the former leader.
Amnesty International have described interviewing victims of torture occurring in several of Libya's town's and cities.. torture akin to that which Muammar Gaddafi was accused of meting out on his people.
Now, the world faces a challenge that surely was to be expected!??. Muammar Gaddafi's exit from power was a profound enough event as to need to be carefully managed by not only Libya's transitional government but also the external parties that helped depose him.
Amnesty International and other human rights advocates have asked Libya's current leaders to "show the political will to prosecute people who commit serious crimes regardless of their role in the uprising". For the sake of the rights, security and well being of ordinary Libyans, it is time for that call to start being echoed by the wider international community and organs of international justice.
