Hannibal GaddafiThe youngest son of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, He was released on Monday after nearly a decade in detention The National News Agency reported that there is no trial in Lebanon for the disappearance of a Shiite cleric … From Lebanon.
Gaddafi was kidnapped in 2015 by gunmen in SyriaHe lived in exile with his Lebanese wife and children after his father was killed in the uprising that broke out in Libya in 2011.
The Lebanese authorities arrested him in the same year and charged him Hiding information about the whereabouts of Imam Musa al-Sadra Lebanese Shiite cleric who disappeared with his companions during a trip to Libya in 1978. Hannibal was only two years old when Al-Sadr disappeared, and did not hold any high-ranking official position in Libya, as an adult.
Human rights organizations They condemned the circumstances of his detention and described the charges as “false.”. In 2023, Gaddafi began a hunger strike to protest his imprisonment and his health deteriorated, requiring hospitalization.
Last month, the Lebanese judiciary ordered his release and set bail at $11 million. His lawyers objected and the court reduced his bail to about $900,000. According to a Lebanese judicial source. The updated decision also lifted the travel ban imposed on Gaddafi.
The National News Agency reported that “Gaddafi’s release came after his defense lawyers paid bail.” The National Unity Government led by Abdul Hamid Dabaiba, based in Tripoli, expressed its gratitude to the Lebanese President and the Speaker of Parliament for their “cooperation that led to Gaddafi’s release.”
The mysterious disappearance of Islamic cleric Al-Sadr has been riled up for nearly half a century Decades of accusations between Libya and Lebanon. In its statement, the National Unity Government welcomed “the sincere intentions expressed by the Lebanese leaders to revitalize diplomatic relations between the two countries and develop cooperation in the political, economic, and security fields.”
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