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Muammar Gaddafi’s Imprisoned Son Starts Hunger Strike

Hannibal Gadhafi, son of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, has begun a hunger strike to protest his detention without trial in Lebanon where he has been held since 2015. He was abducted in Syria by Lebanese militants demanding information about the fate of a missing Shiite cleric from Libya.
Lebanese authorities have been holding Gadhafi without trial since his abduction. His lawyer, Paul Romanos, says his client is protesting his unfair imprisonment and will continue the hunger strike until the situation changes.

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Health of Muammar Qaddafi's son deteriorating 3 days after starting hunger strike to protest detention

The health of a son of Libya's late leader Muammar Qaddafi was deteriorating three days into a hunger strike to protest his detention in Lebanon without trial, his lawyer said Tuesday. Hannibal Qaddafi was suffering from headaches, muscle pain and difficulties moving around, his lawyer Paul Romanos said. He started his hunger strike Saturday. He has been detained in Lebanon since 2015 after he was briefly kidnapped from neighboring Syria, where …

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Lawyer: Health of Gadhafi's son, detained in Lebanon, deteriorating 3 days into hunger strike

BEIRUT (AP) — The health of a son of Libya's late leader Moammar Gadhafi was deteriorating three days into a hunger strike to protest his detention in Lebanon without trial, his lawyer said Tuesday.

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