Gaddafi refuses to interfere with the Libyan authorities to release him: my humanitarian issue

Hannibal Gaddafi, the son of the late Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi, who has been arrested in Lebanon for about 10 years, has been attached to the issue of hiding the founder of the Supreme Islamic Shiite Council, Imam Musa al -Sadr in 1978, that he refuses to “the interference of the Libyan authorities in requesting his release”, and his French lawyer, Laurent Bayon, who spoke to Asharq Al -Awsat about difficulties facing the work of the legal team in continuing his health after his insertion, reported that Friday, the hospital following liver problems.

Payon said that his client “does not welcome any Libyan interference in asking for his release, because his case is purely human and is not a subject of political interactions or bargains. We all know that his file has nothing to do with politics or negotiation, but rather justice, truth and freedom.
And he affirmed “our confidence in the judge, Zahir Hamada, who we promise a fair judge who refuses to mix politics with the judiciary,” he said: “We do not ask for bargains or deals, but only the application of the law, as there is no justice without respecting human rights.”
“The claim that the arrest of Hannibal Gaddafi was made on the basis of (a sign of Interpol) misleading talk,” Baon explained. Even if such a reference is found, would it allow the kidnapping of a person from Syria, his torture, and his beatings instead of delivering it through legal channels? There are images and compelling evidence of the circumstances of his kidnapping, and it was not officially required at the time. What happened was not an implementation of a judicial decision, but rather an illegal operation that was camouflaged under the cover of INTERPOL. He said: «The truth is that Hannibal Gaddafi for nearly 10 years is a political prisoner. It is not because he has any information about the disappearance of Imam Musa al -Sadr, as he was a two -year -old child when the accident occurred, but rather because he bears the name (Gaddafi). He pays the price of actions that he did not do, and is used as a pressure card in a political and diplomatic conflict between Lebanon and Libya. The French lawyer was surprised by the “claim that the circumstances of his arrest are five stars,” usually “misleading and ridicule the human tragedy. Deprivation of freedom, isolation, and psychological pressure, can not be compensated by a TV or phone screen. It is shameful describing the cell of a kidnapped man who is a freedom -made man as (five -star hotel). What we demand is not the room … but freedom. ”
He pointed out that the head of the Lebanese Follow -up Committee of the Sadr case, Judge Hassan Al -Qadi Al -Shami, “himself admitted that the only charge against Hannibal is (kept information), and his responsibility is not for the disappearance of Al -Sadr. This charge, according to the law, is not punished for more than 3 years. The continued detention of 10 years contradicts the principle (proportionality between crime and punishment), and turns the case into an arbitrary detention that lacks any legal basis. He believed that “the most dangerous is that the Lebanese judiciary acknowledges that the continuation of the arrest is not due to a crime committed by Hannibal, but rather the lack of cooperation of the Libyan authorities. That is, a man has been imprisoned for a decade, not for a guilt, but because it is a pressure card in the hands of the Lebanese state. This is an explicit admission that Hannibal Gaddafi is a political hostage, and he is not accused in front of a honest judiciary.
In turn, the list on the legal team and the defense from a humanitarian point of view, Enas Harraq, told Asharq Al -Awsat: “The most dangerous thing that Judge Shami himself said is that Hannibal will remain protesting until the Libyan state provides information on the issue of Imam al -Sadr. This is extremely dangerous, because it means that any innocent person may turn into a victim of a political conflict between two states, and it is used hostage until concessions or information is obtained. This is not reasonable, and it is a precedent that threatens everyone, and affects the simplest standards of justice, freedom and human rights. ” She stated that «Hannibal was kidnapped from Syria by an armed group, and the kidnappers were not held accountable, while he remained alone in prison. She pointed out that “the Lebanese judiciary itself admits that the obstacles are the source of the Libyan authorities, not Hannibal.” And you went to the family of Imam Musa al -Sadr by saying: “We hope that your issue will remain an issue of truth and justice, not an issue of injustice to others. The continuation of Hannibal prison does not reveal the truth and does not bring it closer, but rather doubles the tragedy and increases the size of injustice. To view the case of Gaddafi’s son; And work to release him. ”