The Libyan Justice Minister, Khaled Masoud, said Fathi Bashagha’s government is to form a team of lawyers to defend Abu Agila al-Marimi, who was extradited to the United States for alleged involvement in the 1988-Lockerbie bombing.
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Member of the Tripoli-based High Council of State (HCS), Saad bin Shrada, confirmed that “handing over the Libyan national Abu Agila al-Mariami to U.S. may be a prelude to handing over others.”
Libyan Parliament Member, Jaballa al-Shaibani, said if the incident of handing over Abu-Agila al-Mariami to the United States passed without a serious and decisive stance from the concerned institutions (the Parliament – the Presidential Council – the Attorney General – the government) and the people of all sects, it will open the door for handing over other Libyan nationals.
Amnesty International has criticized the handover of Abu Agila Masoud Al-Marimi, a former Libyan intelligence operative, to the U.S. where he faces charges over alleged involvement in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing.
“The kidnapping and extradition of the Libyan citizen Abu Agila Al-Marimi falls under seeking political support from the United States…
The official Spokeswoman for the Libyan Presidential Council (LPC), Najwa Wahiba, called on the American authorities to return the citizen Abu Agila Masud al-Mariami, who was extradited from Libya to Washington over alleged involvement in Lockerbie bombing in 1988.
Libyan Parliament member Ali Tekbali revealed on Friday evening another kidnapping of a retired Libyan officer by American forces in the Wadi Kaam area, west of Zliten city.
The nephew of Abu Agila Masoud Al-Marimi, a former Libyan intelligence operative accused of being involved in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, has publicly spoken out about the circumstance surrounding his uncle’s recent extradition to the United States.
The Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, will address the Libyan public in a speech tonight at 9 PM Libya time, announced the government.
Forty four Libyan political parties denounced the kidnapping and extradition of the Libyan citizen Abu Agila Masud to the United States, calling on the Libyans to take collective action to denounce the crime and prosecute those responsible for it through a sit-in in front of the United Nations headquarters and the embassies of the United States at home and abroad to denounce what it described as a “heinous crime.” .