TRIPOLI. Wed, April 27, 2011 9 pm EDT
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - a team of investigators from the United Nations, the answers sought Wednesday to Libyan officials on allegations of forces loyal to Muammar al-Gaddafi had committed violations of human rights.
The three members of the inquiry commission has met with Libyan officials and said it would be an urgent need for access to prisons, hospitals and regions of the country where it suspects violations of rights are underway.
"We have a number of issues related to indiscriminate shelling of civilian areas, victims among civilians, torture and the use of other issues and mercenaries," said Cherif Bassiouni, an Egyptian legal expert and member of the commission.
"The commission of inquiry is here to inform and to find, with the Libyan Government, what is its position in several types of violations that...". "(we) discovered during our investigation on the ground", he told journalists after talks with Libyan officials.
Asked what the United Nations team access should be given by the Libyan authorities, Bassiouni, said: "we know still." We said everything in writing and verbally stated and we intend to push for it. ?
The Organization of the United Nations, Western Governments and some Arab States accuse Libyan leader Mu'ammar al-Gaddafi ordered its security forces of killing hundreds of civilians who raised in protest against its rule in four decades.
Libyan officials deny killing civilians, saying that security forces were forced to act against armed bands and al-Qaeda sympathizers who, say, trying to take control of the oil exporting country.
Bassiouni said that he would also use the delegation to Tripoli to raise the issue of foreign journalists held in Libya.
Libyan authorities hold two journalists from U.S., a Spanish, a South African and a Canadian, according to the Committee based on the United States for the protection of journalists in. Officials say that they contain only journalists if they are illegally in the country.
"I... have them (the Libyan Government) gave a list of all the foreign journalists who are in detention,"Bassiouni said."".
"We requested the opportunity to visit them and to ask why they are not be released.". I hope that this initiative will impact on journalists. ?
The commission of inquiry was set up in February by the UN Human Rights Council and is due to present his report on the violations of the rights in Libya in June.
Bassiouni, said the commission has already carried out investigations on the ground in Libya is controlled by the rebels, as well as on the borders of the Libya and was also planning to travel to Tripoli.
(Written by Christian Lowe.) (Editing by Sophie hares)
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