Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Libya – including young boys and girls – are facing "systematic and widespread human rights violations" including torture and rape, according to a United Nations report published on Tuesday. Since the fall of dictator Muammar Gaddafi following a western-backed uprising in 2011, Libya, which is located just 300 kilometers (186 miles) from the Italian coast across the Mediterranean Sea, has become one of the main departure points in North Africa for