Tag Archives: Abu Salim prison

Mauritania: Ex-Gaddafi spy chief al-Senussi ‘charged’

May 21, 2012 by IndepthAfrica

Former Libyan intelligence chief Abdallah al-Senussi has been charged in Mauritania with illegally entering the country, officials say. Mr Senussi, who fled Libya after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, was held at Nouakchott airport after flying in from Morocco in … read more »

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Libyan behind revolt now a minister

December 5, 2011 by IndepthAfrica

Tripoli – The man whose arrest in February sparked Libya’s revolution, was sworn in as a minister in the new interim government on Sunday, but said he had been hesitant about taking on the new job. Fethi Tarbel, Libya’s new … read more »

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Libya: Grave with 1,270 victims of 1996 massacre found

September 25, 2011 by benim

Libya’s interim authorities said on Sunday they had found a mass grave in the capital containing the bodies of more than 1,270 people killed by Muammar Gaddafi’s security forces in a 1996 massacre at Tripoli’s Abu Salim prison. The uprising … read more »

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CIA, MI6 helped Gaddafi on dissidents: rights group

September 4, 2011 by benim

Documents found in the abandoned Tripoli office of Muammar Gaddafi’s intelligence chief indicate the U.S. and British spy agencies helped the fallen strongman persecute Libyan dissidents, Human Rights Watch said on Saturday. The documents were uncovered by the human rights … read more »

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Libya: Is it the start of a revolt?

February 16, 2011 by benim

Algiers – Several hundred people clashed overnight with police and government supporters in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, a witness and local media said. Rioting is unusual in oil exporter Libya, where Muammar Gaddafi, Africa’s longest-serving leader, keeps a … read more »

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