Libya revolution

An injured man is one of many detained in a makeshift jail inside a secondary school February 23, 2011in the eastern Libyan town of Shahat. Nearly 200 men were being held, who according to opposition fighters were caught fighting alongside government forces. Amongst them were a few men from sub-Saharan Africa who opposition forces claim were mercenaries. Among the prisoners, many appeared to be beaten or wounded, something that opposition fighters holding them was done by the crowds that caught them and turned them in..Slug: Libya.Credit: Scott Nelson for the New York Times

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An injured man is one of many detained in a makeshift jail inside a secondary school February 23, 2011in the eastern Libyan town of Shahat. Nearly 200 men were being held, who according to opposition fighters were caught fighting alongside government forces. Amongst them were a few men from sub-Saharan Africa who opposition forces claim were mercenaries. Among the prisoners, many appeared to be beaten or wounded, something that opposition fighters holding them was done by the crowds that caught them and turned them in..Slug: Libya.Credit: Scott Nelson for the New York Times