No fewer than 28 bodies of migrants have been discovered next to a detention facility in the desert in southern Libya. The Libyan Attorney General’s Office in a statement on Sunday said a mass grave was discovered in the city of Kufra,

Libya's security authorities have recovered nearly 50 bodies from two mass graves in the country's southeastern desert, officials said on Sunday, in the latest tragedy involving people seeking to reach Europe through the North African country.

Rights groups and UN agencies have documented systematic abuse in Libya including torture, rape and extortion.

The grave had at least 30 bodies, with survivors saying there were nearly 70 buried there, authorities said Sunday

The bodies of at least 28 migrants have been recovered from a mass grave in a desert in south-east Libya, the country's attorney general said. The grave was discovered north of Kufra, just days after another mass grave with 19 bodies was found on a farm in the same city.

Libyan authorities have uncovered nearly 50 bodies from two mass graves in southeastern Libya. The graves, found in Kufra, highlight the continued plight of migrants in this chaotic region. Though not uncommon in Libya,

Dozens of dead migrants have been found in two mass graves in Libya in recent days - with more bodies expected to be found.

Libyan authorities unearthed the bodies of at least 65 migrants in the Shuayrif region, 350km south of Tripoli.

Some of the bodies of migrants found in two mass graves in Libya bore gunshot wounds. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Libyan security authorities recovered 28 migrant bodies from a desert mass grave near Kufra and freed 76 from forced detention. The ongoing migrant crisis, resulting from post-Gaddafi instability, highlights severe human rights abuses.