00:00Libya is facing renewed pressure to shut down detention centres where rights groups say migrants and refugees are being tortured, abused and in some cases killed.
00:10At the UN, countries including Britain, Spain, Norway and Sierra Leone raised alarm over the treatment of migrants in Libya, a key transit point for Africans fleeing conflict and poverty towards Europe.
00:23Some migrants have been held in warehouses by traffickers, subjected to violence and extortion.
00:30A Dutch court case has exposed grim details, while a UN agency says bodies found in mass graves bore gunshot wounds.
00:38Norway's ambassador urged Libya to end arbitrary detentions and Britain called for UN investigators to have unrestricted access.
00:46In an open letter, rights groups accused armed factions of operating with impunity, blocking justice and committing abuses.
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