Libya urged to search for mass graves in Tarhuna January 11, 2021 at 3:01 pm | Published in: Africa, HRW, International Organisations, Libya, News Forensic officials conduct excavation works at a mass grave in Tarhunah, Libya on 7 November 2020 [Mücahit Aydemir/Anadolu Agency] January 11, 2021 at 3:01 pm Libya's United Nations-backed government was urged on Thursday to investigate the deaths of hundreds of people in Tarhuna, an agricultural town 45 miles southeast of the Libyan capital, which a family of lion owning brothers controlled, Human Rights Watch reports. Hundreds of the town's residents were abducted or reported missing between 2014 and 2020, HRW said. "Families in Tarhouna whose loved ones went missing face a difficult time moving forward with their lives," said Hanan Salah, senior Libya researcher at Human Rights Watch.