Libya: UN calls for investigation into reports of prison torture

The UN Support Mission in Libya says it is alarmed by what it called ‘‘disturbing footage circulating on social media”, believed to show the torture of detainees at the Gernada prison in eastern Libya.

The facility is run by military personnel under Khalifa Haftar; Haftar supports the country’s eastern administration that rivals the UN-acknowledged government in the capital.

Critics of the eastern administration are known to be held…