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Gaddafi supporters 'tortured in prison'

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In the aftermath of revolution in Libya there are still concerns over the treatment of Gaddafi loyalists there.

The UN estimates that more than 7,000 people are being detained without a fully-functioning legal system and the National Transitional Council has published a draft law that would bar members of the Gaddafi regime from running in elections this year.

Mark Lowen, reports from Tripoli on what has happened to the imprisoned supporters of Colonel Gaddafi.


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