HRW slams Trump’s plan to forcibly transfer migrants to Libya – Middle East Monitor

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has condemned the United States’ plan to “forcibly transfer” migrants to Libya where “inhumane detention conditions are well-documented, including torture, ill-treatment, sexual assault, and unlawful killings.”

In a statement issued on Friday, the rights watchdog said the US plan is a “dangerous step resembling previous European cooperation with Libyan authorities on migration,” which could make “Washington complicit in…