Hannibal Gaddafi, the youngest son of former dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed in Libya in 2011, was released from prison on Monday, November 10, after ten years of detention in Beirut during which he was never tried. His release was made possible by the payment of a bond of 900,000 dollars (around 775,000 euros), paid by the Libyan delegation of the Tripoli government, which attended the release.
As of Tuesday, the 50-year-old was accompanied by his wife and children, and had not left Cedar County, although he intended to go to another destination, which his defense kept secret. To do this, he had to obtain permission from the UN Security Council which, in 2011, amidst the suppression of the uprising in eastern Libya, imposed a travel ban on Muammar Gaddafi and his relatives.
Hannibal Gaddafi’s lengthy detention behind bars in Lebanon was condemned as arbitrary by the NGO Human Rights Watch, which called for his release in August, believing that his detention was based on “accusations that appear to be unfounded. »
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