At least 49 people have been executed by the ISIL militant group since February 2015 in the Libyan Mediterranean city of Sirte controlled by terrorists

At least 49 people have been executed by the ISIL militant group since February 2015 in the Libyan Mediterranean city of Sirte controlled by terrorists, an international human rights organization said in a report published on Wednesday.

"In late 2014, members of the extremist armed group Islamic State, also known as ISIL, began filtering into Sirte, a Mediterranean port city on the northern coast of Libya. By August 2015, the group had turned Sirte into its largest stronghold outside of Iraq and Syria… From mid-February 2015 to mid-February 2016, ISIL killed at least 49 people in the city of Sirte and outlying areas after largely secret proceedings that negate the most basic international fair-trial standards," Human Rights Watch (HRW) stressed.

The watchdog added that four of the executed were fighters from groups opposing ISIL, while 45 victims were accused of spying, sorcery and blasphemy.

Libya has been in a state of turmoil since 2011.