Torture is defined as the act of inflicting great pain towards a person, either mentally or physically, in order to get answers to questions. These are barbaric acts that may even turn out to be fatal for the victims. In the past, this was rampantly used by people in order to get the information they need when it is not freely given. Many are successful in “squeezing” out the information while there are also those who are not. These are inhumane acts done to degrade a person and is considered a crime.

The world has seen what happened to the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi just recently. Despite the worldwide comments about his reign, many people still continued to support him. But just a few days ago, news about his death spread all around and his loyalists have started fleeing in order to save themselves. For those who were unfortunate enough, they were either killed during the final battle or were taken as prisoners. Apparently, these captives were taken into makeshift prisons where they were to be detained until the government does something about them.

Human rights groups, however, have gathered evidence that the prisoners have been subjected to different types of torture, beatings, and other types of maltreatment. This has caused them to be highly alarmed. Many have been tortured into making confessions and many groups believe that this might be getting out of hand already. The United Nations says that the current system that Libya has is not enough to protect the rights of the prisoners caught during the battle in Libya. As many of the detainees are held by rebel groups, the UN has no jurisdiction over them. Loyalists are tortured for the information regarding the use of weapons and even the alleged existence of many underground secret tunnels that Gaddafi's men were using.