Gadhafi's son goes on hunger strike in Lebanon to protest detention without trial
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A son of Libya’s late leader Moammar Gadhafi, who has been held in Lebanon for more than seven years, has started a hunger strike to protest his detention without trial. Hannibal Gadhafi’s lawyer said Saturday that his client is serious and will continue with the hunger strike Hannibal Gadhafi, the son of Libya's late leader Moammar Gadhaf, has started a hunger strike in Lebanon to protest his detention without trial. His lawyer said Saturday that his client is serious and will continue with the hunger strike until the end. He has been held in Lebanon since 2015 after he was kidnapped from neighboring Syria where he had been living as a political refugee. He was abducted by Lebanese militants demanding information about the fate of a Shiite cleric who went missing in Libya 45 years ago.
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BEIRUT (AP) — A son of Libya’s late leader Moammar Gadhafi, who has been held in Lebanon for more than seven years, has started a hunger strike to protest his detention without trial. Hannibal Gadhafi’s lawyer said Saturday that his client is serious and will continue with the hunger strike until the end. Hannibal Gadhafi has been held in Lebanon since 2015 after he was kidnapped from neighboring Syria where he had been living as a political refugee. He was abducted by Lebanese militants demanding information about the fate of a Shiite cleric who went missing in Libya 45 years ago.
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