The Tripoli Court of Appeal, Second Criminal Chamber, decided on Sunday; during its twelfth session, to postpone consideration of the Abu Salim prison massacre case to 8 February 2026, while keeping the defendants in custody pending verdict. The lawyer for the Association of Victims of the Abu Salim Prison Massacre, Mustafa Al-Majdoub, explained that the session saw the attendance of the main defendants, namely the second defendant Abdullah Al-Senussi and the third defendant Mansour Daw, via video, while two other defendants detained in the case were absent. Al-Majdoub said in remarks to Libya Al-Ahrar TV that the session recorded the absence of the defense lawyer for the second defendant, while defense lawyers for several other defendants were present, in addition to a number of families of the victims of the Abu Salim massacre. Last December, the “Association of the Martyrs of the Abu Salim Prison Massacre” called for speeding up the arrest and appearance of all defendants in the case in accordance with the indictment issued by the Public Prosecutor. It also condemned what it described as “any attempts to release Abdullah Al-Senussi, accused of killing 1,269 prisoners.”

Source: Libya Observer January 04, 2026 20:24 UTC