Al-Saadi Gadhafi walked free from Tripoli's al-Hadaba prison, where many Gaddafi regime officials are being held pending trial, mostly in connection to the crackdown on the 2011 uprising that toppled the longtime ruler and led to his killing. At the time of the 2011 revolt, al-Saadi Gaddafi headed a special forces brigade that was involved in the crackdown on protesters and rebels. Seif al-Islam, the one-time heir apparent to his father, has been in Libya since his release from detention in 2017. During his father's rule, al-Saadi Gadhafi was known for his lavish lifestyle and he treated Libya's football league as his personal fiefdom. The elder Gadhafi ruled Libya with an eccentric brutality for nearly 42 years before he was ousted by an uprising in August 2011.

Source: The Nation September 05, 2021 23:00 UTC