A number of Libyan civil society organizations called Wednesday for demonstrations and protests in various cities of the country, in protest against the government of Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh’s extradition of the Libyan citizen Abu Agila Masud to the United States.
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The abduction of a former Libyan intelligence operative accused of preparing the bomb that brought down Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 and his transfer into US custody was agreed about three months ago after conversations between US government and Libyan officials, British newspaper the Guardian reported on Tuesday.
Abu Agila Masud, a Libyan intelligence official recently extradited to U.S. over suspected involvement in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, is not currently facing criminal proceedings in Scotland, announced the chief legal officer of the Scottish Government.
U.S. authorities have told the chief legal officer of the Scottish Government that Abu Agila Masud, a former Libyan intelligence officer suspected of being the Lockerbie bomb maker, was taken into custody “lawfully”.
Abu Agila Masud, a Libyan intelligence official recently extradited to U.S. over suspected involvement in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, will not face the death penalty as he appeared in a U.S. court.
Fathi Bashagha, the Libyan prime minister designated by the House of Representatives, has called on the United States to clarify the circumstance surrounding the extradition of Libyan intelligence official over suspected involvement in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing.
The Libyan National Security Adviser, Counselor Ibrahim Bushnaf, discussed with the US Special Envoy to Libya, Ambassador Richard Norland, the…
Heads of the Defense and Foreign Affairs Committees of the Libyan Parliament, Talal al-Mihoub and Youssef al-Aqouri, has called for an urgent investigation into the extradition of the Libyan national, Abu Agila Masud, to the United States, over allegation on his connection to the Lockerbie bombing in 1988.
Libyan political analyst Hafed Al-Ghwell considered the extradition of intelligence official Abu Agila Masud to the United States a “high treason”.
A campaigner for the victims of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing has said the man accused of making the explosives should be tried in a court determined by the UN.