US EditionLebanese authorities release son of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on bail
- Last week, Hannibal Gaddafi, son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, was released in Lebanon after posting 80 billion Lebanese pounds bail, about $893,855.
- Lebanese authorities accused Gaddafi of concealing information about Imam Musa al-Sadr's 1978 disappearance, a case Beirut long blamed on then Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi.
- Gaddafi was kidnapped in 2015 by armed men in Syria, taken to Lebanon, and later detained, with Bayon stating, `'If Gaddafi was able to be arbitrarily detained in Lebanon for 10 years, it's because the justice system was not independent.'`
- Tripoli-Based Government of National Unity of Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah thanked Lebanese president and parliament speaker and welcomed steps to reactivate diplomatic ties as Lebanon's updated court order lifted Gaddafi's travel ban.
- Lawyers said the release reflected restoration of judicial independence under Lebanon's reformist government formed in January, noting Gaddafi was two when Imam Musa al-Sadr vanished nearly half a century ago.
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The release of the youngest son still alive of the former Libyan dictator was made possible by the payment of a deposit of $900,000.
Hannibal Gaddafi, one of the sons of former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, was released after a detention without trial for nearly ten years in Lebanon. The announcement was made months by his lawyer for AFP, writes 7sur7.be. "I left, it's free", a...
Beirut. Hanibal Kadafi, son of the overthrown and murdered Libyan leader Muamar Kadafi, was released after spending more than 10 years in prison without being tried in Lebanon, his lawyer said yesterday. “He is now free,” lawyer Laurent Bayon said, hours after Lebanese justice received the $900,000 bail from Kadafi.
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