In Tripoli, justice postponed on Monday, for the eleventh consecutive time, the judgment of Abdallah Senoussi, former head of Gaddafi’s military intelligence and former number two of the regime. The militia responsible for monitoring the prison and which depends on the Ministry of the Interior, refuses to implement the court order to transfer him from his prison to the court. Abdallah Senoussi is accused of a “war crime” by the revolutionaries of February 17, 2011, for the oppression during the demonstrations which took place against the Libyan regime during that same year.
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It was his lawyer who announced the postponement of the session of the Tripoli Court of Appeal on Monday until January 29, due to the absence of the defendant who has been imprisoned in Mitiga in Tripoli since 2012.
“ The security forces still do not implement the court decision and refuse to take him to court », Indicates his lawyer who affirms that the connection planned for the videoconference was not established either. He hopes that his client can benefit from it during the next session.
Suffering from cancer, the Senoussi family has repeatedly called for his judgment to be accelerated or to be released for health reasons. She accuses the current authorities of wanting to let him die in prison, because he would hold the same secrets as Colonel Gaddafi. And it would therefore be, according to those close to him, Washington and London who are the instigators of the perpetuation of his detention.
Furthermore, Mansour Daou, another leader of the old regime tried in the same case, was heard by videoconference from his prison in Misrata.
Last week, several demonstrations took place in Libya, demanding the release of officials of the former regime who have, until today, not had the right to be tried.