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The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has urged an immediate and transparent investigation into disturbing footage allegedly showing detainees being tortured at Gernada Prison in eastern Libya.

Videos circulating on social media depict detainees—both Libyan and foreign nationals—being subjected to severe beatings and forced into stress positions by uniformed guards. In a statement, UNSMIL described the videos as "horrific" and consistent with documented patterns of human rights violations in Libyan detention facilities.

The UN mission condemned the acts as grave breaches of international human rights law, including the prohibition of torture. It also called for accountability and confirmed it is working with Khalifa Haftar’s forces to ensure consistent access for human rights monitors to Gernada Prison and other detention centers.

The leaked videos have sparked outrage, with critics accusing Haftar’s forces of enabling these abuses. The prison, already infamous for its dire conditions, is now at the center of mounting international pressure for reform and justice.