“Spending eight years in pre-trial detention makes a mockery of Lebanon’s already strained judicial system,” the group’s Hanan Salah said in a statement. Beirut blamed the disappearances on long-time Libyan strongman Moamer Gaddafi – overthrown and killed in 2011 uprising – and ties between the two countries have been strained ever since. In June, a judicial official had told AFP that the case of Hannibal Gaddafi had been halted as they awaited information from Libyan authorities. In August, Beirut received a letter from Libyan authorities demanding Gaddafi’s release, but a judicial source told AFP that he would not be freed before Tripoli revealed information about Sadr’s disappearance. Source: AFP
