Tunis, May 21, 2019 (AFP) – A United Nations arms expert held in Tunisia since late March on espionage charges was released Tuesday on bail, the prosecution service said. Moncef Kartas is a member of the UN panel of experts investigating allegations of violations of an arms embargo and other sanctions imposed on Libya. “The indictment division has decided to release Moncef Kartas on bail,” prosecution spokesman Sofiene Sliti said. Last week, the United Nations rejected Tunisia’s reasons for Kartas’s arrest and demanded charges be dropped and his immediate release. An arms embargo has been in force since Libya’s 2011 revolt that toppled its longtime ruler Moamer Kadhafi.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 21, 2019 17:26 UTC