ARAB SPRING NOT LOOKING SO SPRINGY: Leaked UN report reveals torture, lynchings and abuse in post-Gaddafi Libya. “Thousands of people, including women and children, are being illegally detained by rebel militias in Libya, according to a report by the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Many of the prisoners are suffering torture and systematic mistreatment while being held in private jails outside the control of the country’s new government.”

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UPDATE: Another female journalist sexually assaulted in Egypt.