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Barbara Boxer: “According to the United Nations, as many as 6,000 detainees--about three quarters of those arrested during Libya's civil…”

On the recordFebruary 6, 2012
According to the United Nations, as many as 6,000 detainees--about three quarters of those arrested during Libya's civil war--continue to be held in prison facilities run by individual militia groups operating outside the control of the government.
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

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Boxer raises concerns about detainee treatment in Libya post-civil war.

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